In view of the fact that in any future world war nuclear weapons will certainly be employed, and that such weapons threaten the continued existence o….

The sea, the stars, the night wind in waste places, mean more to me than even the human beings I love best..

If you had the power to destroy the world, would you do so?.

Philosophy bakes no bread.

Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?.

It appeared that after first contemplating a book on some subject, and after giving serious preliminary attention to it, I needed a period of subcons….

To the young I should offer two maxims: Don't accept superficial solutions of difficult problems. It is better to do a little good than much harm. I ….

Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter, when the wind is in the North….

The objections to religion are of two sorts - intellectual and moral. The intellectual objection is that there is no reason to suppose any religion t….

Truth is for the gods; from our human point of view, it is an ideal, towards which we can approximate, but which we cannot hope to reach..

I conclude that, while it is true that science cannot decide questions of value, that is because they cannot be intellectually decided at all, and li….

Scientific method, although in its more refined forms it may seem complicated, is in essence remarkably simply. It consists in observing such facts a….

A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live..

There are some simple maxims which I think might be commended to writers of expository prose. First: never use a long word if a short word will do. S….

The taboo against nakedness is an obstacle to a decent attitude on the subject of sex..

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. So long as men are not trained to withhold judgmen….

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in the same sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics..

America... where law and custom alike are based upon the dreams of spinsters....

I once saw a photograph of a large herd of wild elephants in Central Africa Seeing an airplane for the first time, and all in a state of wild collect….

The man who is unhappy will, as a rule, adopt an unhappy creed, while the man who is happy will adopt a happy creed; each may attribute his happiness….

Whether science-and indeed civilization in general-can long survive depends upon psychology, that is to say, it depends upon what human beings desire..