Raffiniert ist der Herr Gott, aber boshaft ist er nicht. God is subtle, but he is not malicious.

The more I learn, the more I realize I don't know.

If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.

I have never belonged wholeheartedly to country or State, to my circle of friends or even to my own family... Such isolation is sometimes bitter, but I do not regret being cut off from the understanding and sympathy of other men. I lose something by it,to be sure, but I am compensated for it in being rendered independent of the customs, opinions and prejudices of others, and am not tempted to rest my peace of mind upon such shifting foundations.

Empathy is patiently and sincerely seeing the world through the other person's eyes. It is not learned in school; it is cultivated over a lifetime.

The concept of marriage must have been thought up by an unimaginative pig.

Where there is love, there is no imposition.