The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on government orders; conscience supersedes the authority of the law of the state.

Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.

The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.

The religion of the future will be cosmic religion. It will transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology.

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.

No one must think that Newton’s great creation can be overthrown in any real sense by this [Theory of Relativity] or by any other theory. His clear and wide ideas will for ever retain their significance as the foundation on which our modern conceptions of physics have been built.

In the middle of adversity there is great opportunity.