Germany Had The Misfortune Of Becoming Poisoned,

It Is A Very Grave Mistake To Think That The Enjoyment Of Seeing And Searching Can Be Promoted By Means Of Coercion And A Sense Of Duty.

If One Holds These High Principles Clearly Before One's Eyes, And Compares Them With The Life And Spirit Of Our Times, Then It Appears Glaringly That Civilized Mankind Finds Itself At Present In Grave Danger. In The Totalitarian States It Is The Rulers Themselves Who Strive Actually To Destroy That Spirit Of Humanity. In Less Threatened Parts It Is Nationalism And Intolerance, As Well As The Oppression Of The Individuals By Economic Means, Which Threaten To Choke These Most Precious Traditions.

The Enormous Mental Resilience, Without Which No Chess Player Can Exist, Was So Much Taken Up By Chess That He Could Never Free His Mind Of This Game

Only The Catholic Church Protested Against The Hitlerian Onslaught On Liberty. Up Till Then I Had Not Been Interested In The Church, But Today I Feel A Great Admiration For The Church, Which Alone Has Had The Courage To Struggle For Spiritual Truth And Moral Liberty

A Single Bomb Of This Type, Carried By Boat And Exploded In A Port, Might Very Well Destroy The Whole Port, Together With Some Of The Surrounding Territory.