I do not like to state an opinion on a matter unless I know the precise facts.

When I was young, all I wanted and expected from life was to sit quietly in some corner doing my work without the public paying attention to me. And now see what has become of me.

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth.

This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!

(Reply on what constitutes scientific proof:)"The question is much too difficult for me.

Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

If I had it [life] to do all over again, I'd have been a plumber.