Berkeley retains the merit of having shown that the existence of matter is capable of being denied without absurdity.

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of the ideology of the machine age.

No Carthaginian denied Moloch, because to do so would have required more courage that was required to face death in battle.

It would now be technically possible to unify the world, abolish war and poverty altogether, if men desired their own happiness more than the misery of their enemies.

A good man will never suspect his friends of shady actions: this is part of his goodness. A good man will never be suspected by the public of using his goodness to screen villains: this is part of his utility

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favour of the belief which he finds in himself.

Human life, its growth, its hopes, fears, loves, et cetera, are the result of accidents