The wise say that our failure is to form habits: for habit is the mark of a stereotyped world.

I do not believe that there are any such things as gods and goddesses, for exactly the same reasons as I do not believe there are fairies, goblins or sprites, and these reasons should be obvious to anyone over the age of ten.

To read is to fly: it is to soar to a point of vantage which gives a view over wide terrains of history, human variety, ideas, shared experience and the fruits of many inquiries.

If there is anything worth fearing in the world, it is living in such a way that gives one cause for regret in the end.

Humanism is the philosophy that you should be a good guest at the dinner table of life.

A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.

I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.