Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.

I was born in 1923 into a middle class Jewish family in Vienna, a few years after the end of World War I, which was disastrous from the Austrian point of view.

I was fortunate to find an extraordinary mathematics and applied mathematics program in Toronto.

My commitment to a humane and peaceful world continues to this day.

During one or two summers, as well as part-time during the school year, I worked for a small Canadian company which developed electrical instruments for military planes.

I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.

My father, who had lost a brother, fighting on the Austrian side in World War I, was a committed pacifist.

You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership.

Let us live for passion, / for the taking off of clothes, /tossing them over our shoulder.

Religion is a temper, not a pursuit.

Whites have traded their culture for power.

Hope walks through the fire. Faith leaps over it.

I don't have a television set up [in the mountains], of course, but I find I don't miss it at all, or the newspaper. I've sneaked a radio into by cabin, but I find I turn it on very rarely.

I always begin to compose the melody first.

India is the most religious country in the world, Sweden is the most secular country in the world, and America is a country of Indians ruled by Swedes.

In my opinion we can never think of God in big enough terms. He is bigger than our biggest thoughts of Him. Our imaginations cannot stretch wide enough to take in all of God.

Let us all take more responsibility not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.