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.

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.

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.

Change is not change without changing Your Self first by changing the external factors of yourself, for darkness cannot glow in the light

It seems to me that the earth may be borrowed but not bought. It may be used, but not owned. ... We are tenants and not possessors, lovers and not masters.

My life wasn’t horrible, but I didn’t see any passionate reason to love it.

I would not bring one shadow on his life, and this I know would break his noble heart.

You can’t always have the full picture to everything in life, you'll only learn as you make more mistakes.

The only antidote to religious triumphalism is the readiness of communities of faith to permit doubt and self-criticism to play a vital role in the life of Faith.

I see that you, like many before you. The happiest person on earth would look in the mirror and see only himself exactly as he is.

Buddha indicated that the self, that part of you that incarnates from lifetime to lifetime was causal.

Government is an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself.

I wish every Republican wanted to impeach [Jeorge W.] Bush , but people don't agree with this. He's stating a fact about what he believes.