Children don’t heed the life experiences of their parents, and nations ignore history. Bad lessons always have to be learned anew.

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.

This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!

We sleep 1/3 of our lives away.

It is abhorrent to me when a fine intelligence is paired with an unsavory character.

Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

What counts can't always be counted; what can be counted doesn't always count.