Is the set of all sets which are not members of themselves a member of itself?

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

The practice of inhibiting impulses, which is to a great extent necessary to civilized life, makes mistakes easier, by preventing experience of the actions to which a desire would otherwise lead, and by often causing the inhibited impulses themselves to be unnoticed or quickly forgotten.

My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.

If we compare Europe with other continents, it is marked out as [another] persecuting continent.

Physics is mathematical not because we know so much about the physical world, but because we know so little; it is only its mathematical properties that we can discover.

Shakespeare . . . If he does not give you delight, you had better ignore him [if you can].