We have to do the best we are capable of. This is our sacred human responsibility.

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

I asked myself childish questions and proceeded to answer them.

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.

To see with one's own eyes, to feel and judge without succumbing to the suggestive power of the fashion of the day, to be able to express what one has seen and felt in a snappy sentence or even in a cunningly wrought word - is that not glorious? Is it not a proper subject for congregation?

The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military service.

The Press, which is mostly controlled by vested interests, has an excessive influence on public opinion.