The Stoic assures us that what is happening now will happen over and over again. [If so, Providende would] ultimately grow weary through despair.

A hallucination is a fact, not an error; what is erroneous is a judgment based upon it.

Neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point.

Against the vast majority of my countrymen, even at this moment, in the name of humanity and civilization, I protest against our share in the destruction of Germany. A month ago Europe was a peaceful comity of nations; if an Englishman killed a German, he was hanged. Now, if an Englishman kills a German, or if a German kills an Englishman, he is a patriot, who has deserved well of his country.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Only six need be attempted.

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.