As a lover of truth, the national propaganda of all the belligerent nations sickened me. As a lover of civilization, the return to barbarism appalled me.

All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation.

This idea of weapons of mass extermination is utterly horrible and is something which no one with one spark of humanity can tolerate.

Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent

A democrat need not believe that the majority will always reach a wise decision. He should however believe in the necessity of accepting the decision of the majority, be it wise or unwise, until such a time that the majority reaches another decision.

To the young I should offer two maxims: Don't accept superficial solutions of difficult problems. It is better to do a little good than much harm. I should not offer anything more specific; every young person should decide on his or her own credo.

If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.