Most people believe in God because they have been taught from early infancy to do it, and that is the main reason. Then I think that the next most powerful reason is the wish for safety.

The social psychologist of the future will have a number of classes of school children on whom they will try different methods of producing an unshakable conviction that snow is black. When the technique has been perfected, every government that has been in charge of education for more than one generation will be able to control its subjects securely without the need of armies or policemen.

When the journey from means to end is not too long, the means themselves are enjoyed if the end is ardently desired.

If the West can claim superiority in anything, it is . . . in science and scientific technique.

no one ever gossips about the virtues of others

The white tails of rabbits, according to some theologians, have a purpose, namely to make it easier for sportsmen to shoot them.

The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.