The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking. If we want to change the world we have to change our thinking...no problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew.

For me the Jewish religion like all others is an incarnation of the most childish superstitions, and the Jewish people to whom I gladly belong and with whose mentality I have a deep affinity have no different quality for me than all other people. As far as my experience goes, they are no better than other human groups, although they are protected from the worst cancers by a lack of power. Otherwise I cannot see anything chosen about them.

I am also convinced that one gains the purest joy from spirited things only when they are not tied in with earning one's livelihood.

Compounding is the 8th wonder of the world.

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.