“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”

“Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.”

“I prefer to make up my own quotes and attribute them to very smart people, so that I can use them to win arguments”

“That is the way to learn the most, that when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes”

“If a man aspires towards a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from injury to animals.”

“One cannot alter a condition with the same mind set that created it in the first place.”

“Nonsense, seems to sum up everything.”

“Life is a Mystery, not a problem waiting to be solved.”

“Always do what's right; this will gratify some and astonish the rest”

“The idea of a personal God is quite alien to me and seems even naïve.”

“The tendencies we have mentioned are something new for America. They arose when, under the influence of the two World Wars and the consequent concentration of all forces on a military goal, a predominantly military mentality developed, which with the almost sudden victory became even more accentuated. The characteristic feature of this mentality is that people place the importance of what Bertrand Russell so tellingly terms “naked power” far above all other factors which affect the relations between peoples. The Germans, misled by Bismarck’s successes in particular, underwent just such a transformation of their mentality—in consequence of which they were entirely ruined in less than a hundred years. I must frankly confess that the foreign policy of the United States since the termination of hostilities has reminded me, sometimes irresistibly, of the attitude of Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm II, and I know that, independent of me, this analogy has most painfully occurred to others as well. It is characteristic of the military mentality that non-human factors (atom bombs, strategic bases, weapons of all sorts, the possession of raw materials, etc.) are held essential, while the human being, his desires and thoughts—in short, the psychological factors—are considered as unimportant and secondary. Herein lies a certain resemblance to Marxism, at least insofar as its theoretical side alone is kept in view. The individual is degraded to a mere instrument; he becomes “human materiel.” The normal ends of human aspiration vanish with such a viewpoint. Instead, the military mentality raises “naked power” as a goal in itself—one of the strangest illusions to which men can succumb.”

“Problems cannot be solved with the same mind set that created them.”

“live as if you were to die tommorow. dream as if you were to live forever”

“If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut”

“One should not pursue goals that are easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can just barely achieve through one’s greatest efforts.”