Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social enviroment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions."

(Essay to Leo Baeck, 1953)

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.

Few people have the imagination for reality.