“When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.”

“It is every man's obligation to put back into the world at least the equivalent of what he takes out of it.”

“Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.”

“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”

“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”

“If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism.”

“Coincidence is God's way of staying anonymous.”

“everyday is an oportunity to make a new happy ending.........”

“The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking..”

“The right to search for the truth implies also a duty; one must not conceal any part of what one has recognized to be the truth.”

“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.”

“Work is the only thing that gives substance to life.”

“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.”

“It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.”

“Racism is a disease of white people”