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 cannot resolve the problems of the world by unsing the same techniques that have created them.

It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.

You accept the historical Jesus?

The world we have created is a product of our thinking.

When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth.

Ever since childhood I have scorned the commonplace limits so often set upon human ambition. Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury - to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone; best both for the body and the mind