Wherever the choice has had to be made between the man of reason and the madman, the world has unhesitatingly followed the madman.

... the greater part of the population is not very intelligent, dreads responsibility, and desires nothing better than to be told what to do. Provided the rulers do not interfere with its material comforts and its cherished beliefs, it is perfectly happy to let itself be ruled.

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right.

The investigation of nature is an infinite pasture-ground where all may graze, and where the more bite, the longer the grass grows, the sweeter is its flavor, and the more it nourishes.

God in the safe and Ford on the shelves.

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.