I am aware that many divines are far more marvelous than I am, and that I cannot wholly appreciate merits so far transcending my own. Nevertheless, e….

You may, if you are an old-fashioned schoolmaster, wish to consider yourself full of universal benevolence and at the same time derive great pleasure….

People who are vigorous and brutal often find war enjoyable..

I do not believe that I am now dreaming, but I cannot prove that I am not. I am, however, quite certain that I am having certain experiences, whether….

Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty-a beauty cold and austere ... yet sublimely pure and capable of stern perfe….

I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs to be….

Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself . . . When we compare the (prese….

Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment..

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority ….

The argument against the persecution of opinion does not depend upon what the excuse for persecution may be. The argument is that we none of us know ….

Mankind has become so much one family that we cannot insure our own prosperity except by insuring that of everyone else..

The opinions that are held with passion are always those for which no good ground exists; indeed the passion is the measure of the holders lack of ra….

All forms of fear produce fatigue..

In the higher walks of politics the same sort of thing occurs. The statesman who has gradually concentrated all power within himself ... may have had….

So far I have been speaking of theoretical science, which is an attempt to understand the world. Practical science, which is an attempt to change the….

Science, in its ultimate ideal, consists of a set of propositions arranged in a hierarchy, the lowest level of the hierarchy being concerned with par….

One's work is never so bad as it appears on bad days, nor so good as it appears on good days..

A man without a bias cannot write interesting history - if indeed such a man exists..

John Locke invented common sense, and only Englishmen have had it ever since!.

Zeno was concerned with three problems... These are the problem of the infinitesimal, the infinite, and continuity..

The human animal, like others, is adapted to a certain amount of struggle for life [and] the mere absence of effort from his life removes an essentia….