During the last century, and part of the one before, it was widely held that there was an unreconcilable conflict between knowledge and belief. The opinion prevailed amoung advanced minds that it was time that belief should be replaced increasingly by knowledge; belief that did not itself rest on knowledge was superstition, and as such had to be opposed. According to this conception, the sole function of education was to open the way to thinking and knowing, and the school, as the outstanding organ for the people's education, must serve that end exclusively.

... one does people the best service by giving them some elevating work to do and thus indirectly elevating them.

Agreements about what is good or not, are usually not worth much. It is very much like art, is it not an art to lead a good life?

It's no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces than public spirit and sense of duty.

I believe that I have really found the relationship between gravitation and electricity, assuming that the Miller experiments are based on a fundamental error. Otherwise, the whole relativity theory collapses like a house of cards.

We are all life trying to live, among other life trying to live.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.