It was easier for me to think of a world without a creator than of a creator burdened with all the contradictions in the world.

I was too much of an extremist to be able to live under the eye of God and at the same time say both yes and no to life

If I were to share Jaques' existence I would find it hard to hold my own against him, for already I found his nihilism contagious.

The facts of religion were convincing only to those who were already convinced.

All those minds that are interested in finding out the truth communicate with each other across the distances of space and time. I, too, was taking part in the effort which humanity makes to know.

I was convinced that I would be, that I was already, one in a million.

I had to call the past to life, and illuminate every corner of the five continents, descend to the centre of the earth and make the circuit of the moon and stars

Why shouldn't a mystical theology be possible? 'I want to touch God or become God, ' I declared in my journal. All through that year I abandoned myself intermittently to these deliriums.

Peaceful co-existence is the heart of humanity.

Everyone thinks I must have been an ace in school. But I didn't work hard, I was lazy. I liked to be lazy. I thought laziness stimulated your imagination.

In terms of existing, everything is equal.

Any avenue that you follow leads to light. All roads lead to Rome.

I feel that all of us can contribute something, and it doesn't have to be money. It can just be service or talent.

My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image, to be servants of their human interests.

It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish.

The day of my spiritual awakening was the day I saw and knew I saw all things in God and God in all things.

Education is the ability to perceive the hidden connections between phenomena.