Germany had the misfortune of becoming poisoned, first because of plenty, and then because of want.

Work is the only thing I do to escape the corruption of praise.

The aim (of education) must be the training of independently acting and thinking individuals who, however, see in the service to the community their highest life problem.

Common sense is that layer of prejudices which we acquire before we are sixteen.

God Almighty does not throw dice.

It is our American habit if we find the foundations of our educational structure unsatisfactory to add another story or wing.

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. We will not solve the problems of the world from the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. More than anything else, this new century demands new thinking: We must change our materially based analyses of the world around us to include broader, more multidimensional perspectives.