We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.

The most valuable thing a teacher can impart to children is not knowledge and understanding per se but a longing for knowledge and understanding, and an appreciation for intellectual values, whether they be artistic, scientific, or moral. It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Most teachers waste their time by asking questions that are intended to discover what a pupil does not know, whereas the true art of questioning is to discover what the pupil does know or is capable of knowing.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

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

This subject brings me to that vilest offspring of the herd mind -- the odious militia. The man who enjoys marching in line and file to the strains of music falls below my contempt; he received his great brain by mistake -- the spinal cord would have been amply sufficient. This heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism -- how intensely I despise them! War is low and despicable, and I had rather be smitten to shreds than participate in such doings.

About Newton: Nature to him was an open book, whose letters he could read without effort.

Life is like riding a bicycle. If you want to stay balanced you've got to keep moving forward.