Common Sense Consists Of Those

I Cannot Conceive Of A God Who Rewards And Punishes His Creatures, Or Has A Will Of The Kind That We Experience In Ourselves. Neither Can I Nor Would I Want To Conceive Of An Individual That Survives His Physical Death; Let Feeble Souls, From Fear Or Absurd Egoism, Cherish Such Thoughts. I Am Satisfied With The Mystery Of The Eternity Of Life And With The Awareness And A Glimpse Of The Marvelous Structure Of The Existing World, Together With The Devoted Striving To Comprehend A Portion, Be It Ever So Tiny, Of The Reason That Manifests Itself In Nature.

If One Holds These High Principles Clearly Before One's Eyes, And Compares Them With The Life And Spirit Of Our Times, Then It Appears Glaringly That Civilized Mankind Finds Itself At Present In Grave Danger. In The Totalitarian States It Is The Rulers Themselves Who Strive Actually To Destroy That Spirit Of Humanity. In Less Threatened Parts It Is Nationalism And Intolerance, As Well As The Oppression Of The Individuals By Economic Means, Which Threaten To Choke These Most Precious Traditions.

Peace Cannot Be Kept By Force; It Can Only Be Achieved By Understanding.

How Can He Possibly Be Humble? He Hasn't Done Anything Yet.

To Have Security Against Atomic Bombs And Against The Other Biological Weapons, We Have To Prevent War, For If We Cannot Prevent War Every Nation Will Use Every Means That Is At Their Disposal; And In Spite Of All Promises They Make, They Will Do It. At The Same Time, So Long As War Is Not Prevented, All The Governments Of The Nations Have To Prepare For War, And If You Have To Prepare For War, Then You Are In A State Where You Cannot Abolish War.