I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.

Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age

Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness

One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.

I am a misanthrope and yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a super-idealist who digests philosophy more efficiently than food.

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.