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| Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. | | Intelligence; Prejudice | |
| He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. | | Uncategorized | |
| He who finds though that lets us penetrate even a little deeper into the eternal mystery of nature has been granted great grace. He who, in addition, experiences the recognition, sympathy, and help of the best minds of his times, had been given almost more happiness than one man can bear | | Uncategorized | |
| He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice. | | Uncategorized | |
| Here I am, just an actress with nothing to say and crowds of people turn up to see me. Yet here is Einstein and the only person who turns up for him is myself. | | Uncategorized | |
| Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them! | | Heroism; Patriotism; War | |
| How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality? Is human reason, then, without experience, merely by taking thought, able to fathom | | Mathematics | |
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| How I wish that somewhere there existed an island for those who are wise and of good will | | Uncategorized | |
| How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people. | | Uncategorized | |
| How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn;for what purpose we know not, though sometimes sense it. But we know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends | | Uncategorized | |
| How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business. | | Uncategorized | |
| Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. | | Uncategorized | |
| Human beings, vegetables, or comic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible player | | Uncategorized | |
| Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation. | | Uncategorized | |
| I am a deeply religious nonbeliever - This is a somewhat new kind of religion | | Uncategorized | |
| I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker. The example of great and pure individuals is the only thing that can lead us to noble thoughts and deeds. Money only appeal | | Uncategorized | |
I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward. The example of great and fine personalities is the only thing that can lead us to fine ideas and noble deeds. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus or Gandhi with the money bags of Carnegie?
The World as I See It. | | Uncategorized | |
| I am convinced that He (God) does not play dice. | | God | |
| I am convinced that some political and social activities and practices of the Catholic organizations are detrimental and even dangerous for the community as a whole, here and everywhere. I mention here only the fight against birth control at a time w | | Uncategorized | |
