Nothing causes more consternation in a group of hypocrits than one honest man.

I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an error of justice, 2) Detrimental moral influence of the execution procedure on those who, whether directly or indirectly, have to do with the procedure.

The ideas that have lighted my way have been kindness, beauty and truth.

[When asked "Dr. Einstein, why is it that when the mind of man has stretched so far as to discover the structure of the atom we have been unable to devise the political means to keep the atom from destroying us?"] That is simple, my friend. It is because politics is more difficult than physics.

Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you.

I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.

Only a monomaniac gets anything done.