I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.

I was born in 1923 into a middle class Jewish family in Vienna, a few years after the end of World War I, which was disastrous from the Austrian point of view.

I was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto.

My commitment to a humane and peaceful world continues to this day.

During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes.

Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.

My father, who had lost a brother, fighting on the Austrian side in World War I, was a committed pacifist.

Prayer purifies the soul.

The tenacity with which the neurotic adheres to any attitude is a sure indication that the attitude fulfills functions which seem indispensable in the framework of his neurosis.

The boring thing about being interesting is that you bore boring people.

Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn.

Everyone of us plays 'tapes' from our parents until we die. That's why it's so important to talk good values to your child

By definition, I believe I am unapologetically optimistic and I am unapologetically earnest.

By the time I was a teenager, I knew I wanted to be an artist. I was a born draftsman and liked all forms of art, so I just knew that's what I wanted to do.

I occasionally watch provocative videos.

Silence is the best answer to a fool.

Ultimately, there is the freedom to take the consequences.