Mere unbelief in a personal God is no philosophy at all.

When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.

If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then it appears glaringly that civilized mankind finds itself at present in grave danger. In the totalitarian states it is the rulers themselves who strive actually to destroy that spirit of humanity. In less threatened parts it is nationalism and intolerance, as well as the oppression of the individuals by economic means, which threaten to choke these most precious traditions.

Only a very dull man spells a word the same way twice.

My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

We are part of the whole which we call the universe, but it is an optical delusion of our mind that we think we are separate. This separateness is like a prison for us. Our job is to widen the circle of our compassion so we feel connected with all people and situations.