I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth.

All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.

The State idea is not according to my heart. I cannot understand why it is needed. It is connected with narrow-minded and economic obstacles. I believe it is bad. I have always been against it.

War cannot be humanized. It can only be abolished.

One can only continue to expect to be read if one omits everything that is unimportant.