Balance in large measure is knowing the things that can be changed, putting them in proper perspective, and recognizing the things that will not change."

It is just as important to make knowledge live and keep it alive as to solve specific problems.

There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair.

I was originally supposed to become an engineer but the thought of having to expend my creative energy on things that make practical everyday life even more refined, with a loathsome capital gain as the goal, was unbearable to me.

As long as I have any choice in the matter, I shall live only in a country where civil liberty, tolerance and equality of all citizens before the law prevail.

The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Imagination is the language of the soul. Pay attention to your imagination and you will discover all you need to be fulfilled.