General Sayings

Before the war, I was doing pure physics. Now I am doing applied physics. But it is still physics.

I'm often asked whether I believe in God. I'm an agnostic.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

The greater part of the world is ignorant of the true wisdom, and is ruled by error and deception.

I would rather be a first man in a small country than a second man in Rome.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

The people may be made to follow a path of action, but they may not be made to understand it.

Be of one mind and one purpose, that you may conquer your enemies and lead your lives in peace.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the too frequent changes of officers.

I could not feel that I had done my duty to the country if I should permit myself to be prevailed upon to make any such appointment.

The Aryan stock is bound to triumph.

The Jewish spirit is immortal. The Jew is immortal. The Jew is the eternal spirit of negation.

The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.

Going too far is as bad as not going far enough.

No business which depends for its existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country.

This unfortunate difference of color, and perhaps of faculty, is a powerful obstacle to the emancipation of these people.

I am a 'Bania'. I am a 'Vaishya'. I am a 'Shudra'. I am an 'Untouchable'.

I will drink no more water, but only wine.

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.

I am a Marxist monk.