I have never belonged wholeheartedly to country or State, to my circle of friends or even to my own family... Such isolation is sometimes bitter, but I do not regret being cut off from the understanding and sympathy of other men. I lose something by it,to be sure, but I am compensated for it in being rendered independent of the customs, opinions and prejudices of others, and am not tempted to rest my peace of mind upon such shifting foundations.

The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses.

... one does people the best service by giving them some elevating work to do and thus indirectly elevating them.

If the believers of the present-day religions would earnestly try to think and act in the spirit of the founders of these religions then no hostility on the basis of religion would exist among the followers of the different faiths. Even the conflicts and the realm of religion would be exposed as insignificant.

My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred.

Life is like riding a bicycle. If you want to stay balanced you've got to keep moving forward.

As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.