Imagination is greater than knowledge.

If I would be a young man again and had to decide how to make my living, I would not try to become a scientist or scholar or teacher. I would rather choose to be a plumber or a peddler in hope to find that modest degree of independence still available under present circumstances.

America is today the hope of all honorable men who respect the rights of their fellow men and who believe in the principle of freedom and justice.

The illusion that we are separate from one another is an optical delusion of our consciousness.

Do not grow old, no matter how long you live.

I have only two rules which I regard as principles of conduct. The first is: Have no rules. The second is: Be independent of the opinion of others.

What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the enquiring and constructive mind.