"I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms."
"God is subtle but he is not malicious."
"One thing I have learned in a long life: that all our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike -- and yet it is the most precious thing we have."
"If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism."
"Man is here for the sake of other men - above all for those upon whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends."
"Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it."