The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful. Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.

The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.

Each makes this cosmos and its construction the pivot of his emotional life, in order to find in this way peace and security which he can not find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience.

Numerous are the academic professors, but rare are wise and noble teachers.

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express in words afterwards.

The majority of the stupid is invincible and guaranteed for all time. The terror of their tyranny, however, is alleviated by their lack of consistency.

I know little about nature and hardly anything about men.