My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred.

How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business.

All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.

One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.

Do things sound better in your head before you say them, or do you even run them through there first?

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs.

It is true that my parents were worried because I began to speak fairly late, so that they even consulted a doctor. I can't say how old I was - but surely not less than three.