The knowledge exists by which universal happiness can be secured; the chief obstacle to its utilization for that purpose is the teaching of religion.….

Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world a….

The opposition of instinct and reason is mainly illusory. Instinct, intuition, or insight is what first leads to the beliefs which subsequent reason ….

RELIGION: A set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated by methods which are ….

It is only theory that makes men completely incautious..

The life of man is a long march through the night, surrounded by invisible foes, tortured by weariness and pain, towards a goal that few can hope to ….

Modern technique has made it possible for leisure, within limits, to be not the prerogative of small privileged classes, but a right evenly distribut….

In the daily lives of most men and women, fear plays a greater part than hope: they are more filled with the thought of the possessions that others m….

Herd pressure is to be judged by two things: first, its intensity, and second, its direction..

You find this curious fact, that the more intense has been the religion of any period and more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has….

When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people do not hold ….

The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy..

The man who only loves beautiful things is dreaming, whereas the man who knows absolute beauty is wide awake..

Even if we could be certain that one of the world's religions were perfectly true, given the sheer number of conflicting faiths on offer, every belie….

Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning..

The skill of the politician consists in guessing what people can be brought to think advantageous to themselves; the skill of the expert consists in ….

In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows whi….

Our instinctive emotions are those that we have inherited from a much more dangerous world, and contain, therefore, a larger portion of fear than the….

How about Pithecanthropus Erectus? Was it really he who ate the apple? Or was it Homo Pekiniensis?.

It may seem to your conceited to suppose that you can do anything important toward improving the lot of mankind. But this is a fallacy. You must beli….

The coward wretch whose hand and heart Can bear to torture aught below, Is ever first to quail and start From the slightest pain or equal foe..