Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

I never thought that others would take my theories so much more seriously than I did.

We experience ourselves our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.

My position concerning God is that of an agnostic.

Life is like a bicycle; keep moving on to maintain balance.

Imagination is the most powerful force in the universe.

Strange is our situation here on Earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that man is here for the sake of other men - above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.