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 position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Try first to be a man of value; success will follow.

Unless the cause of peace based on law gathers behind it the force and zeal of a religion, it hardly can hope to succeed.

All that's different about me is that I still ask the questions most people stopped asking at age five.