Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even capable of forming such opinions.

Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.

Religion is more than life. Remember that his own religion is the truest to every man even if it stands low in the scales of philosophical comparison.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigar and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the interval between them.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

Agreed—life is a gamble. But that is no reason for you to become a gambler.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

Our life of poverty is as necessary as the work itself. Only in heaven will we see how much we owe to the poor for helping us to love God better because of them.