To discover a system for the avoidance of war is a vital need of our civilisation.

To a modern mind, it is difficult to feel enthusiastic about a virtuous life if nothing is going to be achieved by it.

A marriage is likely to be called happy if neither party ever expected to get much happiness out of it.

Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.

Broadly speaking, we are in the middle of a race between human skill as a means and human folly as an end.

Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile.

No satisfaction based upon self-deception is solid.