The consequence was a positively fanatic [orgy of] freethinking coupled with the impression that youth is being deceived by the state through lies; it was a crushing impression

There is no logical way to the discovery of these elemental laws. There is only the way of intuition, which is helped by a feeling for the order lying behind the appearance.

In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity.

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it.

Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we face it as free beings admiring, asking and observing, there we enter the realm of Art and Science.

Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born.

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.