I am of the opinion that all the finer speculations in the realm of science spring from a deep religious feeling, and that without such feeling they would not be fruitful.

The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think

Imagination is the most powerful force in the universe.

Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.

I was very pleased with your kind letter. Until now I never dreamed of being something like a hero. But since you've given me the nomination I feel that I am one.

What is the meaning of human life, or, for that matter, of the life of any creature? To know the answer to this question means to be religious. You ask: Does it make any sense, then, to pose this question? I answer: The man who regards his fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unhappy but hardly fit for life.

It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.