I believe that we don’t need to worry about what happens after this life, as long as we do our duty here-to love and to serve.
Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men and towards objective things.
Falling in love is not at all the most stupid thing that people do – but gravitation cannot be held responsible for it.
Politics is more difficult than physics.
Since our inner experiences consist of reproductions, and combinations of sensory impressions, the concept of a soul without a body seem to me to be empty and devoid of meaning.
I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple.
Where the world ceases to be the scene of our personal hopes and wishes, where we face it as free beings admiring, asking and observing, there we enter the realm of Art and Science.
It is the theory which decides what we can observe.
I love to travel, but hate to arrive.
Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.
The finest emotion of which we are capable is the mystic emotion.
A person experiences life as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of consciousness. Our task must be to free ourselves from this self-imposed prison, and through compassion, to find the reality of Oneness.
Example isn’t another way to teach, it is the only way to teach.
One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.
We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred human responsibility.
If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits.
In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy.
My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature and by no other feeling. My love for justice and striving to contribute towards the improvement of human conditions are quite independent from my scientific interests.
This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future.
The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.