Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.

A desk, some pads, a pencil, and a large basket -- to hold all of mu mistakes.

What is essential in the life of a man of my kind is what he thinks and how he thinks, and not what he does or suffers.

It is only men who are free, who create the inventions and intellectual works which to us moderns make life worth while.

If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then it appears glaringly that civilized mankind finds itself at present in grave danger. In the totalitarian states it is the rulers themselves who strive actually to destroy that spirit of humanity. In less threatened parts it is nationalism and intolerance, as well as the oppression of the individuals by economic means, which threaten to choke these most precious traditions.

Of all the communities available to us, there is not one I would want to devote myself to except for the society of the true seekers, which has very few living members at any one time.

So long as there are men, there will be wars.