In Theory, Theory And Practice

The Music Of Mozart Is Of Such Purity And Beauty That One Feels He Merely Found It - That It Has Always Existed As Part Of The Inner Beauty Of The Universe Waiting To Be Revealed.

It Is Open To Every Man To Choose The Direction Of His Striving; And Also Every Man May Draw Comfort From Lessing's Fine Saying, That The Search For Truth Is More Precious Than Its Possession.

The Economic Anarchy Of Capitalist Society As It Exists Today Is, In My Opinion, The Real Source Of Evil.

My Scientific Work Is Motivated By An Irresistible Longing To Understand The Secrets Of Nature Not By Other Feelings.

This Subject Brings Me To That Vilest Offspring Of The Herd Mind -- The Odious Militia. The Man Who Enjoys Marching In Line And File To The Strains Of Music Falls Below My Contempt; He Received His Great Brain By Mistake -- The Spinal Cord Would Have Been Amply Sufficient. This Heroism At Command, This Senseless Violence, This Accursed Bombast Of Patriotism -- How Intensely I Despise Them! War Is Low And Despicable, And I Had Rather Be Smitten To Shreds Than Participate In Such Doings.