Those who advocate common usage in philosophy sometimes speak in a manner that suggests the mystique of the 'common man.'

I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me that it is a rare exception. I had supposed that most people liked money better than almost anything else, but I discovered that they liked destruction even better. I had supposed that intellectuals frequently loved truth, but I found here again that not ten per cent of them prefer truth to popularity.

Into every tidy scheme for arranging the pattern of human life, it is necessary to inject a certain dose of anarchism.

Children, after being limbs of Satan in traditional theology and mystically illuminated angels in the minds of educational reformers, have reverted to being little devils; not theological demons inspired by the evil one, but scientific Freudian abominations inspired by the unconscious.

Bad philosophers may have a certain influence; good philosophers, never.

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.

The fundamental defect of fathers, in our competitive society, is that they want their children to be a credit to them.