There are moments when one feels free from one's own identification with human limitations and inadequacies. At such moments one imagines that one stands on some spot of a small planet, gazing in amazement at the cold yet profoundly moving beauty of the eternal, the unfathomable; life and death flow into one, and there is neither evolution nor destiny; only Being.

The important thing is to never stop questioning. Never lose a holy curiosity.

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

I believe in intuition and inspiration...at times I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason.

It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.

When a man, after long years of searching, chances upon a thought which discloses something of the beauty of this mysterious universe, he should not therefore be personally celebrated. He is already sufficiently paid by his experience of seeking and finding.

There is, however, a somber point in the social outlook of Americans. Their sense of equality and human dignity is mainly limited to people of white skin.... The more I feel like an American, the more the situation pains me.