Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

One's work is never so bad as it appears on bad days, nor so good as it appears on good days.

Africans had to be taught that nudity is wicked; this was done very cheaply by missionaries.

The degree of one's emotions varies inversely with one's knowledge of the facts - the less you know the hotter you get.

Many orthodox people speak as though it were the business of sceptics to disprove received dogmas rather than of dogmatists to prove them. This is, of course, a mistake.

I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs to be preached in modern industrial countries is quite different from what always has been preached.

Writing can be either readable or precise, but not at the same time.