It is clear that thought is not free if the profession of certain opinions makes it impossible to earn a living.

The chicken noticed that the farmer came every day to feed it. It predicted that the farmer would continue to bring food every day. Inductivists think that the chicken had "extrapolated" its observations into a theory, and that each feeding time added justification to that theory. Then one day the farmer came and wrung the chicken's neck. This inductively justifies the conclusion that induction cannot justify any conclusion.

Real life is, to most men, a long second best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible.

Science has made unrestricted national sovereignty incompatible with human survival. The only possibilities are now world government or death.

The road to happiness and prosperity lies in an organized diminution of work.

Science may set limits to knowledge, but should not set limits to imagination.

We are told that Sin consists in acting contrary to God's commands, but we are also told that God is omnipotent. . . . This leads to frightful results. . . . The British State considers it the duty of an Englishman to kill people who are not English whenever a collection of elderly gentlemen in Westminster tells him to do so. . . . Church and State are placable enemies of both intelligence and virtue.