I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive.

The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us by the various rampant isms

I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.

Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?

The essence of life is doing things for their own sakes.

It is only theory that makes men completely incautious.

Gradually, ... the aspect of science as knowledge is being thrust into the background by the aspect of science as the power of manipulating nature. It is because science gives us the power of manipulating nature that it has more social importance than art. Science as the pursuit of truth is the equal, but not the superior, of art. Science as a technique, though it may have little intrinsic value, has a practical importance to which art cannot aspire.