Nothing in the world makes people so afraid as the influence of independent-minded people.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.

Of what significance is one's one existence, one is basically unaware.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not.

One is born into a herd of buffaloes and must be glad if one is not trampled underfoot before one’s time.

One should guard against preaching to young people success in the customary form as the main aim in life. The most important motive for work in school and in life is pleasure in work, pleasure in its result, and the knowledge of the value of the result to the community.

One should keep in mind that on average the moral qualities of people do not differ much from country to country.