No reason can be given for the nature of God, because that nature is the ground of rationality.

Nobody has a right to speak more clearly than he thinks.

Vigorous societies harbor a certain extravagance of objectives, so that men wander beyond the safe provision of personal gratifications.

The result of teaching small parts of a large number of subjects is the passive reception of disconnected ideas, not illumed with any spark of vitality.

Learning is often spoken of as if we are watching the open pages of all the books which we have ever read, and then, when occasion arises, we select the right page to read aloud to the universe.

I have always noticed that deeply and truly religious persons are fond of a joke, and I am suspicious of those who aren't.

The science of pure mathematics, in its modern developments, may claim to be the most original creation of the human spirit.