Without "ethical culture", there is no salvation for humanity.

My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to understand more deeply the harmony of the Universe which we try to formulate as "laws of nature".

Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

Subtle is the Lord. Malicious, He is not.

...Intelligence and character of the masses are incomparably lower than the intelligence and character of the few who produce something valuable for the community.

The wing structure of the hornet, in relation to its weight, is not suitable for flight, but he does not know this and flies anyway.

The concept of marriage must have been thought up by an unimaginative pig.