In their struggle for the ethical good, teachers of religion must have the stature to give up the doctrine of a personal god.

I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously.

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.

Everything what's inspiring has been created by one who could work in freedom

It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort or happiness has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.

I cannot conceive of a personal God who would directly influence the actions of individuals, or would directly sit in judgment on creatures of his own creation.