There is no excuse for deceiving children. And when, as must happen in conventional families, they find that their parents have lied, they lose confi….

This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them..

How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?.

Men have physical needs, and they have emotions. While physical needs are unsatisfied, they take first place; but when they are satisfied, emotions u….

To a modern mind, it is difficult to feel enthusiastic about a virtuous life if nothing is going to be achieved by it..

The power of thought, the vast regions it can master..

If we compare Europe with other continents, it is marked out as [another] persecuting continent..

That Plato's Republic should have been admired, on its political side, by decent people, is perhaps the most astonishing example of literary snobbery….

In adolescence, I hated life and was continually on the verge of suicide, from which, however, I was restrained by the desire to know more mathematic….

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth.

I am as drunk as a lord, but then, I am one, so what does it matter ?.

Broadly speaking, we are in the middle of a race between human skill as a means and human folly as an end..

Any philosophy worth taking seriously would have to be built upon a firm foundation of unyielding despair..

A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible..

Civilized people cannot fully satisfy their sexual instinct without love..

I think modern educational theorists are inclined to attach too much importance to the negative virtue of not interfering with children, and too litt….

Order, unity, and continuity are human inventions, just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias..

The governors of the world believe, and have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, and that any man who knew the tru….

Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy..

How much good it would do if one could exterminate the human race..

A world full of happiness is not beyond human power to create; the obstacles imposed by inanimate nature are not insuperable. The real obstacles lie ….