It is abhorrent to me when a fine intelligence is paired with an unsavory character.

Concepts that have proven useful in ordering things easily achieve such authority over us that we forget their earthly origins and accept them as unalterable givens.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

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

The rest of my life (as a 39 year old) I want to reflect on what life is.

You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.

The Bible is a collection of honorable, but primitive legends which are still nevertheless pretty childish.