The feeling for what ought and ought not to be grows and dies like a tree, and no fertilizer of any kind will do much good. What the individual can do is give a fine example, and have the courage to firmly uphold ethical convictions in a society of cynics. I have for a long time tried to conduct myself this way, with varying success.

When we are working at something, we come down from our high logical horse and sniff around with our nose to the ground. Then we obliterate our traces in order to become more God-like.

Turkish soldiers are very brave. They love their homeland and they do not hesitate to give their lives for it if necessary.

The flag is a symbol of the fact that man is still a herd animal.

I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs.

Each ray of light moves in the coordinate system 'at rest' with the definite, constant velocity V independent of whether this ray of light is emitted by a body at rest or a body in motion.

Despite my being an old gypsy there is a tendency to respectability inherent in old age.