science without religion is lame… religion without science is blind

I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.”

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

The word 'God' is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honorable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.

I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought with but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

My religion consists in a humble awe before the higher reality that reveals itself in the smallest details

The further the spiritual evolution of mankind advances, the more certain the path does not lie through the fear of life and death and blind faith but through striving after rational knowledge.

The crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational systems suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career.

Anonymity is no excuse for stupidity

Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems, in my opinion, to characterize our age.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

The true value of a human being is determined by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self.

Only a life lived for others is a life worth while.

it is precisely among the heretics of every age that we find men who are filled with the highest kind of religious feeling

The religious geniuses of all ages have been distinguished by this kind of cosmic religious feeling which knows no dogma and no God conceived in man's image

Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.

Creativity is intelligence having fun.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions. Imagination is more important than knowledge.

A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.