Aggressiveness is not the main trouble with the human species, but rather an excess capacity for fanatical devotion.

Prometheus is reaching out for the stars with an empty grin on his face.

Hitherto man had to live with the idea of death as an individual; from now onward mankind will have to live with the idea of its death as a species.

The creativity and pathology of the human mind are, after all, two sides of the same medal coined in the evolutionary mint. The first is responsible for the splendour of our cathedrals, the second for the gargoyles that decorate them to remind us that the world is full of monsters, devils, and succubi.

Aggressiveness is not the main trouble with the human species, but rather an excess capacity for fanatical devotion.

When all is said, its atmosphere [England's] still contains fewer germs of aggression and brutality per cubic foot in a crowded bus, pub or queue than in any other country in which I have lived

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.