It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.

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

Science seems to be at war with itself.... Naive realism leads to physics, and physics, if true, shows naive realism to be false. Therefore naive realism, if true, is false; therefore it is false.

This illustrates an important truth, namely, that the worse your logic, the more interesting the consequences to which it gives rise.

I believe in using words, not fists. I believe in my outrage knowing people are living in boxes on the street. I believe in honesty. I believe in a good time. I believe in good food. I believe in sex.

The reformative effect of punishment is a belief that dies hard, chiefly I think, because it is so satisfying to our sadistic impulses.

Religion and Science are two aspects of social life, of which the former has been important as far back as we know anything of man