The thing that I should wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security.

The Axiom of Choice is necessary to select a set from an infinite number of socks, but not an infinite number of shoes.

The Mormons had a divine revelation in favour of polygamy, but under pressure from the United States Government they discovered that the revelation was not binding.

Most human beings, though in varying degrees, desire to control, not only their own lives but also the lives of others

What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer

Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.