It would now be technically possible to unify the world, abolish war and poverty altogether, if men desired their own happiness more than the misery of their enemies.

There is in Aristotle an almost complete absence of what may be called benevolence or philanthropy. The sufferings of mankind . . . there is no evidence that they cause him unhappiness except when the sufferers happen to be his friends.

Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless.

Science, by itself cannot, supply us with an ethic.

Cynicism such as one finds very frequently among the most highly educated young men and women of the West, results from the combination of comfort and powerlessness.

Beggars do not envy millionaires, though of course they will envy other beggars who are more successful.

The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.