About God, I cannot accept any concept based on the authority of the Church... As long as I can remember. I have resented mass indoctrination. I cannot prove to you there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him, I would be a liar. I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. His universe is not ruled by wishful thinking, but by immutable laws

The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action.

It is high time the ideal of success should be replaced with the ideal of service.

Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.

When a man, after long years of searching, chances upon a thought which discloses something of the beauty of this mysterious universe, he should not therefore be personally celebrated. He is already sufficiently paid by his experience of seeking and finding.

Older men start wars, but younger men fight them.

The beauty of it is that we have to content ourselves with the recognition of the miracle, beyond which there is no legitimate way out.