The Environment Is Everything That Isn't Me.

I Always Have A High Regard For The Individual And Have An Insuperable Distaste For Violence And Clubmanship. All These Motives Made Me Into A Passionate Pacifist And Anti-militarist. I Am Against Any Nationalism, Even In The Guise Of Mere Patriotism. Privileges Based On Position And Property Have Always Seemed To Me Unjust And Pernicious, As Did Any Exaggerated Personality Cult.

Nevertheless, It Is Necessary To Remember That A Planned Economy Is Not Yet Socialism. A Planned Economy As Such May Be Accompanied By The Complete Enslavement Of The Individual. The Achievement Of Socialism Requires The Solution Of Some Extremely Difficult Socio-political Problems: How Is It Possible, In View Of The Far-reaching Centralisation Of Political And Economic Power, To Prevent Bureaucracy From Becoming All-powerful And Overweening? How Can The Rights Of The Individual Be Protected And Therewith A Democratic Counterweight To The Power Of Bureaucracy Be Assured?

The True Value Of A Human Being Can Be Found In The Degree To Which He Has Attained Liberation From The Self.

My Position Concerning God Is That Of An Agnostic. I Am Convinced That A Vivid Consciousness Of The Primary Importance Of Moral Principles For The Betterment And Ennoblement Of Life Does Not Need The Idea Of A Law-giver, Especially A Law-giver Who Works On The Basis Of Reward And Punishment.

There Does, In Fact, Appear To Be A Plan.