I say that Hitler ought to have the peace prize, because he is removing all the elements of contest and of struggle from Germany. By driving out the Jews and the democratic and Left element, he is driving out everything that conduces to activity. That means peace ... By suppressing Jews ... he was ending struggle in Germany.

it is a peaceful thing to be one succeeding.

One of the things that I discovered in lecturing was that gradually one ceased to hear what one said one heard what the audience hears one say.

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

Every day is a renewal, every morning the daily miracle. This joy you feel is life.

The thing that differentiates man from animals is money.