The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain it seems to me that the path to genuine religiosity does not lie through the fear of life, and the fear of death, and blind faith, but through striving after rational knowledge.

Today we must abandon competition and secure cooperation. This must be the central fact in all our considerations of international affairs; otherwise we face certain disaster. Past thinking and methods did not prevent world wars. Future thinking must prevent wars...The stakes are immense, the task colossal the time is short. But we may hope- we must hope- that man's own creation, man's own genius, will not destroy him.

America is today the hope of all honorable men who respect the rights of their fellow men and who believe in the principle of freedom and justice.

From the viewpoint of a Jesuit priest I am, of course, and have always been an atheist.

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil.

A society's competitive advantage will come not from how well its schools teach the multiplication and periodic tables, but from how well they stimulate imagination and creativity.

It is impossible to get anywhere without sinning against reason.