Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

The future is of greater interest to me than the past, since that is where I intend to spend the rest of my life.

One can't teach a cat not to catch birds

Since our inner experiences consist of reproductions, and combinations of sensory impressions, the concept of a soul without a body seem to me to be empty and devoid of meaning.

Failing isn't bad when you learn what not to do.

Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is of the same kind as the intolerance of the religious fanatics and comes from the same source.

If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.