“ Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort. ”

“ What are men to rocks and mountains? ”

“ We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience. ”

“ If you cannot read all your books...fondle them---peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that you at least know where they are. Let them be your friends; let them, at any rate, be your acquaintances. ”

“ We are all one. Only egos, beliefs, and fears separate us. ”

“ Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment and merging of races, and we are still far from this blissful realization. ”

“ Marconi is a good fellow. Let him continue. He is using seventeen of my patents. ”

“ The individual is ephemeral, races and nations come and pass away, but man remains. ”

“ What one man calls God, another calls the laws of physics. ”

“ Life is and will ever remain an equation incapable of solution, but it contains certain known factors. ”

“ What we now want is closer contact and better understanding between individuals and communities all over the earth, and the elimination of egoism and pride which is always prone to plunge the world into primeval barbarism and strife... Peace can only come as a natural consequence of universal enlightenment... ”

“ The basketball court for me, during a game, is the most peaceful place I can imagine. On the basketball court, I worry about nothing. When I'm out there, no one can bother me... ”