the science of tomorrow is the supernatural of today.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Any coincidencce is worth noticing. You can throw it away later if it is only a coincidence.

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

... the belief in a superstratum of human beings ... is the most evil of all beliefs. For when you say, 'I am not as other men' -- you have lost the two most valuable qualities we have ever tried to attain: -- humility and brotherhood.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

What they need is a little immorality in their lives. Then they wouldn't be so busy looking for it in other people's.