Don't dream of being a good person, be a human being is valuable and gives value to life.

Germany had the misfortune of becoming poisoned, first because of plenty, and then because of want.

The conflict that exists today is no more than an old-style struggle for power, once again presented to mankind in semireligious trappings. The difference is that, this time, the development of atomic power has imbued the struggle with a ghostly character; for both parties know and admit that, should the quarrel deteriorate into actual war, mankind is doomed.

Arrows of hate have been aimed at me too, but they have never hit me, because somehow they belonged to another world with which I have no connection whatsoever.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of others.

If I were wrong, wouldn't one be enough?

What counts can't always be counted; what can be counted doesn't always count.