You cannot prepare for war and peace at the same time.

I received your letter of June 10th. I have never talked to a Jesuit priest in my life and I am astonished by the audacity to tell such lies about me. From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.

My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred.

Artists and creative workers - people who have accomplished work worthwhile have had a very high sense of the way to do things. They haven't been contented with mediocrity. They haven't confined themselves to the beaten tracks; they have never been satisfied to do things just as others do them, but always a little better. Few are those who see with their own eyesand feel with their own hearts.

The single most important decision any of us will ever make is whether or not to believe the universe is friendly.

I cannot write in English, because of the treacherous spelling. When I am reading, I only hear it and am unable to remember what the written word looks like.

Our task is to widen our circle of compassion to include all living beings and all of nature