When I think of the most able students I have encountered in my teaching - I mean those who have distinguished themselves not only by skill but by independence of thought - then I must confess that all have had a lively interest in epistemology.

What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism.

The Jewish scriptures admirably illustrate the development from the religion of fear to moral religion, a development continued in the New Testament. The religions of all civilized peoples, especially the peoples of the Orient, are primarily moral religions.

The distinctions separating the social classes are false; in the last analysis they rest on force.

Any society which does not insist upon respect for all life must necessarily decay.

Those who staying with the wrong reward,(eg. stay in comfort zone, etc.), long enough will get problem.

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