“The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.”

“Don't dream of being a good person, be a human being is valuable and gives value to life.”

“There are times when onefeels liberated from one’slimits and humanimperfections.At such moments, we seeourselves there, in a littlecorner of our little planet,our eyes fixed in wonder onthe cold and yet deepbeauty of that which iseternal, that which iselusive.Life and death are fusedtogether and there is noevolution, nor destination,there is only BEING.”

“the scientist's religious feeling takes the form of a rapturous amazement at the harmony of natural law, which reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is utterly insignificant reflection. This feeling is the guiding principle of his life and work, in so far as he succeeds in keeping himself from the shackles of selfish desire. It is beyond question closely akin to that which has possessed the religious geniuses of all ages.”

“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.”

“I do not at all believe in human freedom in the philosophical sense... Schopenhauer’s saying, ‘A man can do what he wants, but not will what he wants,’ has been a very real inspiration to me since my youth; it has been a continual consolation in the face of life’s hardships, my own and others’, and an unfailing wellspring of tolerance. This realization mercifully mitigates the easily paralyzing sense of responsibility and prevents us from taking ourselves and other people too seriously; it is conducive to a view of life which, in part, gives humour its due.”

“Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.”