If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits.

The fact that man produces a concept "I" besides the totality of his mental and emotional experiences or perceptions does not prove that there must be any specific existence behind such a concept. We are succumbing to illusions produced by our self-created language, without reaching a better understanding of anything. Most of so-called philosophy is due to this kind of fallacy.

I cannot conceive of a God who rewards and punishes his creatures, or has a will of the kind that we experience in ourselves. Neither can I nor would I want to conceive of an individual that survives his physical death; let feeble souls, from fear or absurd egoism, cherish such thoughts. I am satisfied with the mystery of the eternity of life and with the awareness and a glimpse of the marvelous structure of the existing world, together with the devoted striving to comprehend a portion, be it ever so tiny, of the Reason that manifests itself in nature.

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

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts.

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