There is no scientific antidote, only education. You've got to change the way people think. I am not interested in disarmament talks between nations . . . What I want to do is to disarm the mind. After that, everything else will automatically follow. The ultimate weapon for such mental disarmament is international education.

I want to be cremated so people won't come to worship at my bones.

Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.

My deep religiosity [...] found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading of popular scientific books.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of others.

Only strong characters can resist the temptation of superficial analysis.

Imagination is more powerful than knowledge.