“A desk, some pads, a pencil, and a large basket -- to hold all of mu mistakes.”

“He who joyfully marches to music rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.”

“I came to America because of the great, great freedom which I heard existed in this country. I made a mistake in selecting America as a land of freedom, a mistake I cannot repair in the balance of my lifetime.”

“The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.”

“No one does anything right in life, until they realize that they are making a mistake”

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”

“Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.”