How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality?

Even trivial events demonstrate strong devotion to the Universe and small concern for ego.

Intuitive powers played a central role in my scientific work, not wild speculation, yet a valued resource when no other approach was available.

The man who regards his own life and that of his fellow-creatures as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.

A man must learn to understand the motives of human beings, their illusions, and their sufferings.

Let every man judge according to his own standards, by what he has himself read, not by what others tell him.

I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene. Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrasemongers, however artful." He further added: "No man can read the gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life...Theseus and other heroes of his type lack the authentic vitality of Jesus.