It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.

The important thing is to never stop questioning. Never lose a holy curiosity.

Except in mathematics, the shortest distance between point A and point B is seldom a straight line. I don't believe in mathematics.

Every age has its beautiful moments.

I believe in Spinoza's God, who reveals Himself in the lawful harmony of the world, not in a God who concerns Himself with the fate and the doings of mankind... to Rabbi Herbert Goldstein (1929)

We must recognize what in our accepted tradition is damaging to our fate and dignity-and shape our lives accordingly.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.