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

We shall say that we have acquaintance with anything of which we are directly aware, without the intermediary of any process of inference of any knowledge of truths.

The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.

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

In human relations one should penetrate to the core of loneliness in each person and speak to that.

If one lived for ever the joys of life would inevitably in the end lose their savour. As it is, they remain perennially fresh.

The sea, the stars, the night wind in waste places, mean more to me than even the human beings I love best.