The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize and sway the emotions of the masses, and make its tool of them.

There is nothing divine about morality, it is a purely human affair.

History is littered with examples of men who would become gods, but only one example of God becoming Man.

I am fascinated by Spinoza's pantheism, but admire even more his contributions to modern thought because he is the first philosopher to deal with the soul and the body as one, not two separate things

The only way to escape the personal corruption of praise is to go on working. One is tempted to stop and listen to it. The only thing is to turn away and go on working. Work. There is nothing else.

Creativity is the residue of time wasted.

Time is relative; its only worth depends upon what we do as it is passing.