How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business.

We know nothing at all. All our knowledge is but the knowledge of schoolchildren. The real nature of things we shall never know.

Knowledge and ego are directly related. the less knowledge, the greater the ego

Only the one who does not question is safe from making a mistake.

Your fervent wishes can only find fulfillment if you succeed in attaining love and understanding of men, and animals, and plants, and stars, so that every joy becomes your joy and every pain your pain.

The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.