The whiter my hair becomes, the more ready people are to believe what I say.

But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear. It is fear that holds men back - fear lest their cherished beliefs should prove delusions, fear lest the institutions by which they live should prove harmful, fear lest they themselves should prove less worthy of respect than they have supposed themselves to be.

Diet, injections, and injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities consider desirable, and any serious criticism of the powers that be will become psychologically impossible. Even if all are miserable, all will believe themselves happy, because the government will tell them that they are so.

More important than the curriculum is the question of the methods of teaching and the spirit in which the teaching is given

Historically, it is quite doubtful whether Christ ever existed at all, and if He did we do not know anything about Him.

Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.