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.

You think you have troubles with mathematics . . . I assure you mine are still bigger.

If I had 20 days to solve a problem, I would take 19 days to define it

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

We experience ourselves our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us.

I advocate world government because I am convinced that there is no other possible way of eliminating the most terrible danger in which man has ever found himself. The objective of avoiding total destruction must have priority over any other objective.

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