Every reminiscence is colored by the way things are today, and therefore by a delusive point of view.

There are two ways of resisting war: the legal way and the revolutionary way. The legal way involves the offer of alternatinve service not as a privilege for a few but as a right for all. The revolutionary view involves an uncompromising resistance, with a view to breaking the power of militarism in time of peace or the resources of the state in time of war.

We must begin to inculcate our children against militarism by educating them in the spirit of pacifism. Our schoolbooks glorify war and conceal it's horror. I would teach peace rather than war.

I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

The Universe is difficult to comprehend because it is obvious.

It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.