The best way to find things out is not to ask questions at all. If you fire off a question, it is like firing off a gun - bang it goes

"Consider the matter dispassionately, Mr. Foster, and you will see that no offence is so heinous as unorthodoxy of behaviour. Murder kills only the individual- and after all, wha is an individual? ". . . ." We can make a new one with the greatest of ease- as many as we like. Unorthodoxy threatens more than the life of a mere individual; it strikes at Society itself."

Ignore death up to the last moment; then, when it can't be ignored any longer, have yourself squirted full of morphia and shuffle off in a coma. Thoroughly sensible, humane and scientific, eh?

Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors.

Specialized meaninglessness has come to be regarded, in certain circles, as a kind of hallmark of true science.

Man is so intelligent that he feels impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations. So that when he acts on his theories, he behaves very often like a lunatic.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.