It's no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces than public spirit and sense of duty.

There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. It should transcend a personal God and avoid dogmas and theology. Covering both the natural and the spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description.

Agreements about what is good or not, are usually not worth much. It is very much like art, is it not an art to lead a good life?

What I seek to accomplish is simply to serve with my feeble capacity truth and justice, at the risk of pleasing no one.

We [Jews] have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity