The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in our health, or we suffer in our soul, or we get fat.

Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.

One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community.

Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.

School failed me, and I failed the school. It bored me. The teachers behaved like Feldwebel (sergeants). I wanted to learn what I wanted to know, but they wanted me to learn for the exam. What I hated most was the competitive system there, and especially sports. Because of this, I wasn't worth anything, and several times they suggested I leave.

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted in important affairs.

Our separation from each other is an optical illusion.