“Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.”

“The tendencies we have mentioned are something new for America. They arose when, under the influence of the two World Wars and the consequent concentration of all forces on a military goal, a predominantly military mentality developed, which with the almost sudden victory became even more accentuated. The characteristic feature of this mentality is that people place the importance of what Bertrand Russell so tellingly terms “naked power” far above all other factors which affect the relations between peoples. The Germans, misled by Bismarck’s successes in particular, underwent just such a transformation of their mentality—in consequence of which they were entirely ruined in less than a hundred years. I must frankly confess that the foreign policy of the United States since the termination of hostilities has reminded me, sometimes irresistibly, of the attitude of Germany under Kaiser Wilhelm II, and I know that, independent of me, this analogy has most painfully occurred to others as well. It is characteristic of the military mentality that non-human factors (atom bombs, strategic bases, weapons of all sorts, the possession of raw materials, etc.) are held essential, while the human being, his desires and thoughts—in short, the psychological factors—are considered as unimportant and secondary. Herein lies a certain resemblance to Marxism, at least insofar as its theoretical side alone is kept in view. The individual is degraded to a mere instrument; he becomes “human materiel.” The normal ends of human aspiration vanish with such a viewpoint. Instead, the military mentality raises “naked power” as a goal in itself—one of the strangest illusions to which men can succumb.”

“Tanda kecerdasan sejati bukanlah pengetahuan tapi imajinasi.”

“artificial intellegance is no match for natural stupidity”

“What is right is not always popular and what is popular is not always right.”

“That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.”

“Paper is to write things down that we need to remember. Our brains are used to think.”

“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”

“Human knowledge and skills alone cannot lead humanity to a happy and dignified life.”

“Todos somos muy ignorantes. Lo que ocurre es que no todos ignoramos las mismas cosas.”

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

“In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all, be a sheep.”

“The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.”

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?”

“Keep fighting until the last buzzer sounds.”