I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking

No path leads from a knowledge of that which is to that which should be.

One is born into a herd of buffaloes and must be glad if one is not trampled under foot before one's time.

The world is not threatened by evil people, but by those who allow evil to take place.

The analogy I like is this imagine being able to see the world but you are deaf, and then suddenly someone gives you the ability to hear things as well - you get an extra dimension of perception.

My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred.

The stupid are invincible.