For the most part we humans live with the false impression of security and a feeling of being at home in a seemingly familiar and trustworthily physical and human environment. But when the expected course of everyday life is interrupted, we realize that we are like shipwrecked people trying to keep their balance on a miserable plank in the open sea, having forgotten where they came from and not knowing whether they are drifting. But once we fully accept this, life becomes easier and there is no longer any disappointment.

The horizon of many people is a circle with a radius of zero. They call this their point of view.

Long live impudence. It was my guardian angel in this world.

A man who is convinced of the truth of his religion is indeed never tolerant. At the least, he is to feel pity for the adherent of another religion but usually it does not stop there. The faithful adherent of a religion will try first of all to convince those that believe in another religion and usually he goes on to hatred if he is not successful. However, hatred then leads to persecution when the might of the majority is behind it.

The history of scientific and technical discovery teaches us that the human race is poor in independent and creative imagination.

The Universe is difficult to comprehend because it is obvious.

All I want to do is learn to think like God. All the rest is just details.