To expect a personality to survive the disintegration of the brain is like expecting a cricket club to survive when all of its members are dead.

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

That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to suppose that Christianity offers a way out.

One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think the war will last 30 years, and leave a world without civilised people, from which everything will have to build afresh - a process taking (say) 500 years.

For love of domination we must substitute equality; for love of victory we must substitute justice; for brutality we must substitute intelligence; for competition we must substitute cooperation. We must learn to think of the human race as one family.

We believe, first and foremost, what makes us feel that we are fine fellows.

As soon as we abandon our own reason, and are content to rely upon authority, there is no end to our troubles.