Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.

Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be.

If someone feels that he has never made a mistake in his life, it only means that he has never tried anything new in his life.

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

What is the meaning of human life, or, for that matter, of the life of any creature? To know the answer to this question means to be religious. You ask: Does it make any sense, then, to pose this question? I answer: The man who regards his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unhappy but hardly fit for life.

Nothing causes more consternation in a group of hypocrits than one honest man.

In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by other individuals or by the government; the right to work and to adequate earnings from work; freedom of discussion and teaching; adequate participation of the individual in the formation of his government. These human rights are nowadays recognised theoretically, although, by abundant use of formalistic, legal manoeuvres, they are being violated to a much greater extent than even a generation ago.