Although I cannot believe that the individual survives the death of his body, feeble souls harbor such thought through fear or ridiculous egotism.

As long as there will be a man, there will be wars.

It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.

We can't solve today's problems with the mentality that created them.

I know that the most joy in my life has come to me from my violin.

The conscientious objector is a revoultionary. On deciding to disobey the law he sacrifices his personal interests to the most important cause of working for the betterment of society.

I have made no secret, either privately or publicly, of any sense of outrage over officially enforced military and war service. I regard it as a duty of conscience to fight against such barbarous enslavement of the individual with every means available.