The more I learn of physics, the more I am drawn to metaphysics.

Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe.

Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the resulting actions.

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.

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.

Members of legislative bodies are selected by political parties, largely financed or otherwise influenced by private capitalists who, for all practical purposes, separate the electorate from the legislature. The consequence is that the representatives of the people do not in fact sufficiently protect the interests of the underprivileged sections of the population.

A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.