“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.”

“A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.”

“The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful. Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.”

“Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.”

“The perfection of means and the confusion of ends seems to be our problem.”

“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life - music and cats.”

“Now he has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”