I have reached the conviction that the abolition of the death penalty is desirable. Reasons: 1) Irreparability in the event of an error of justice, 2) Detrimental moral influence of the execution procedure on those who, whether directly or indirectly, have to do with the procedure.

What I seek to accomplish is simply to serve with my feeble capacity truth and justice, at the risk of pleasing no one.

You can never solve a problem on the level on which it was created. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. A life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

To be sure, it is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand, the intellectual work, creative or receptive.

The time comes in life when we have read enough. It's time to stop reading. It's time to lay down the books and write.

The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children.

The right to search for truth implies also a duty.