The intuitive mind is a sacred gift.

Any government is evil if it carries within it the tendency to deteriorate into Tyranny. The danger of such deterioration is more acute in a country in which the government has authority not only over the armed forces but also over every channel of education and information.

Humiliation and mental oppression by ignorant and selfish teachers wreak havoc in the youthful mind that can never be undone and often exert a baleful influence in later life.

A man's ethical behaviour should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death.

It is only men who are free, who create the inventions and intellectual works which to us moderns make life worth while.

No one does anything right in life, until they realize that they are making a mistake

Dostoevsky gives me more than any scientist, more than Gauss.