A Problem Defined, Is A Problem Half

Even If Only 2 Percent Of Those Assigned To Perform Military Service Should Announce Their Refusal To Fight, Governments Would Be Powerless, They Would Not Dare Send Such A Large Number Of People To Jail.

The Effort To Strive For Truth Has To Precede All Other Efforts.

I Cannot Conceive Of A God Who Rewards And Punishes His [sic] Creatures, Or Has A Will Of The Type Of Which We Are Conscious Ourselves.

Concepts That Have Proven Useful In Ordering Things Easily Achieve Such Authority Over Us That We Forget Their Earthly Origins And Accept Them As Unalterable Givens.

I Recently Discussed With An Intelligent And Well-disposed Man The Threat Of Another War, Which In My Opinion Would Seriously Endanger The Existence Of Mankind, And I Remarked That Only A Supranational Organization Would Offer Protection From That Danger. Thereupon My Visitor, Very Calmly And Coolly, Said To Me: "why Are You So Deeply Opposed To The Disappearance Of The Human Race?".