Concepts that have proven useful in ordering things easily achieve such authority over us that we forget their earthly origins and accept them as unalterable givens.
But laws alone cannot secure freedom of expression; in order that every man may present his views without penalty there must be a spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Body and soul are not two different things, but only two different ways of perceiving the same thing.
Besides agreeing with the aims of vegetarianism for aesthetic and moral reasons, it is my view that a vegetarian manner of living by its purely physical effect on the human temperament would most beneficially influence the lot of mankind.
Before God we are relatively all equally wise – equally foolish.
As long as there are sovereign nations possessing great power, war is inevitable.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
As an eminent pioneer in the realm of high frequency currents… I congratulate you on the great successes of your life’s work.
Approached rationally that fear is the most unjustified of all fears, for there is no risk of any accidents to one who is dead or not yet born. In short, the fear is stupid but it cannot be helped.
And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man’s actions.
