A man’s moral worth is not measured by what his religious beliefs are but rather by what emotional impulses he has received from Nature during his lifetime.
We believe that an informed citizenry will act for life and not for death.
Figuring out how to think about the problem.
Communities tend to be guided less than individuals by conscience and a sense of responsibility. How much misery does this fact cause mankind! It is the source of wars and every kind of oppression, which fill the earth with pain, sighs and bitterness.
But there is another reason for the high repute of mathematics: it is mathematics that offers the exact natural sciences a certain measure of security which, without mathematics, they could not attain.
The series of integers is obviously an invention of the human mind, a self-created tool which simplifies the ordering of certain sensory experiences.
The world is not full of evil because of those who do wrong. It is full of evil because of those who do nothing.
The field is the sole influence of the particle.
If I give you a pfennig, you will be one pfennig richer and I’ll be one pfennig poorer. But if I give you an idea, you will have a new idea, but I shall still have it too.
The only thing we can be certain of in this life is that we can be certain of nothing.
Although words exist for the most part for the transmission of ideas, there are some which produce such violent disturbance in our feelings that the role they play in the transmission of ideas is lost in the background.
I want to be cremated so people won’t come to worship at my bones.
Thought is the organizing factor in man, intersected between the causal primary instincts and the resulting actions.
Know where to find the information and how to use it – That’s the secret of success.
Not until we dare to regard ourselves as a nation, not until we respect ourselves, can we gain the esteem of others, or rather only then will it come of its own accord.
Only world law can assure progress towards a civilized peaceful community.
A world government with powers adequate to guarantee security is not a remote ideal for the distant future. It is an urgent necessity if our civilization is to survive.
There is no salvation for civilization, or even the human race, other than the creation of a world government.
I am truly a “lone traveler” and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole heart.
If you’re not sure why you’re doing something, you can never do enough of it. Imagination is more important than knowledge.