I'm not a genius. I'm just passionately curious.

Chess holds its master in its own bonds, shackling the mind and brain so that the inner freedom of the very strongest must suffer.

One can only continue to expect to be read if one omits everything that is unimportant.

True knowledge comes with deep understanding of a topic and its inner workings.

What is the meaning of human life, or of organic life altogether? To answer this question at all implies a religion.

A forced faithfulness is a bitter fruit for all concerned.

There is no scientific antidote, only education. You've got to change the way people think. I am not interested in disarmament talks between nations . . . What I want to do is to disarm the mind. After that, everything else will automatically follow. The ultimate weapon for such mental disarmament is international education.