When men are engaged in war and conquest, the tools of science become as dangerous as a razor in the hands of a child of three. We must not condemn man because his inventiveness and patient conquest of the forces of nature are being exploited for false and destructive purposes. Rather, we should remember that the fate of mankind hinges entirely upon man’s moral development.

The value of achievement lies in the achieving.

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.

The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.

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.

If I had 20 days to solve a problem, I would take 19 days to define it