Our instinctive emotions are those that we have inherited from a much more dangerous world, and contain, therefore, a larger portion of fear than they should.

Americans need rest, but do not know it.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

A life which goes excessively against natural impulse is... likely to involve effects of strain that may be quite as bad as indulgence in forbidden impulses would have been. People who live a life which is unnatural beyond a point are likely to be filled with envy, malice and uncharitableness.

The morality of work is the morality of slaves, and the modern world has no need of slavery.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

Religion may in most of its forms be defined as the belief that the gods are on the side of the government.