The health of society thus depends quite as much on the independence of the individuals composing it as on their close political cohesion.

Lasting harmony with a woman (was) an undertaking in which I twice failed rather disgracefully.

Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

The religion of the future will be cosmic religion. It will transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy.

The word 'God' is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, and religious scripture a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation, no matter how subtle, can (for me) change this.

Compounding is the 8th wonder of the world.