Life is a Mystery, not a problem waiting to be solved.

There lies the weaknesss of positivists and professional atheists who are elated because they feel that they have not only successfully rid the world of gods but "bared the miracles." (That is, explained the miracles. - ed.) Oddly enough, we must be satisfied to acknowledge the "miracle" without there being any legitimate way for us to approach it . I am forced to add that just to keep you from thinking that -weakened by age-I have fallen prey to the clergy.

Work is the only thing that gives substance to life.

Everyone knew it was impossible, until a fool who didn't know came along and did it.

Real sign of intelligence isn't knoweldge, it's imagination

If I would follow your advice and Jesus could perceive it, he, as a Jewish teacher, surely would not approve of such behavior.

My pacifism is not based on any intellectual theory but on a deep antipathy to every form of cruelty and hatred.