"I am almost ashamed to be living in such peace while all the rest struggle and suffer."

"Sometimes one has to look at the world from a distance to appreciate its beauty."

"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once."

"I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace."

"I am by heritage a Jew, by citizenship a Swiss, and by temperament a human being, and only a human being, without any special attachment to any state or national entity whatsoever."