I believe in standardizing automobiles. I do not believe in standardizing human beings.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by makeup a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment to any state or national entity whatsoever.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

I would teach peace rather than war. I would inculcate love rather than hate.

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

I believe in intuitions and inspirations. I sometimes feel that I am right. I do not know that I am.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.

It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?

A question that sometimes drives me hazy — am I or are the others crazy?

The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it

I love to travel, but I hate to arrive.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

Although I am a typical loner in daily life, my consciousness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has preserved me from feeling isolated.