"To me, trees are living beings and they have their own sort of personalities."

“The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days.”

Source : Stephen Jay Gould (1993). “Eight little piggies: reflections in natural history”, Vintage

“I can find something between sight and hearing and I can produce a fugue in colors as Bach has done in music.”

“He who does not believe has no soul. He is empty. He has no ideals. He has nothing to live for. He has no sunshine, no light. No joy in life. He is a poor, poor man.”

Source : "Fate — I believe!". Speech on November 03, 1936. "Wir alle helfen dem Führer". Book by Robert Ley, pp. 103-114, research.calvin.edu. 1937.

“I think I've become more understanding of people around me compared to before. I try to understand other people's tendencies and relationships. I've been able to laugh off a lot of things between myself and others, but it's still difficult trying to look at things from their perspectives.”

“I am the worlds laziest writer.”

“It was a decent New Year's, but it took a million officers to make it so.”

“In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage, can survive. Don’t insist on your rights, don’t blame each other, don’t judge or condemn each other, don’t find fault with each other, but accept each other as you are, and forgive each other every day from the bottom of your hearts…”

“The release of atomic power has changed everything except our way of thinking ... the solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker. (1945)”