Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that these leaders are actuated by altruistic desires

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

I am allowed to use plain English because everybody knows that I could use mathematical logic if I chose.

This is one of those views which are so absolutely absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.

I suppose the advocates of unreason think that there is a better chance of profitably deceiving the populace if they keep it in a state of effervescence.

If you had the power to destroy the world, would you do so?

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.