Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment.

The more intense has been the religion of any period and the more profound has been the dogmatic belief, the greater has been the cruelty and the worse has been the state of affairs.

The experience of overcoming fear is extraordinarily delightful.

Reason is a harmonising, controlling force rather than a creative one.

Unrestricted nationalism is, in the long run, incompatible with world peace.

Boys and young men acquire readily the moral sentiments of their social milieu, whatever these sentiments may be.

As a philosopher, if I were speaking to a purely philosophic audience I should say that I ought to describe myself as an Agnostic, because I do not think that there is a conclusive argument by which one can prove that there is not a God. On the other hand, if I am to convey the right impression to the ordinary man in the street I think that I ought to say that I am an Atheist, because, when I say that I cannot prove that there is not a God, I ought to add equally that I cannot prove that there are not the Homeric gods.