I am aware that many divines are far more marvelous than I am, and that I cannot wholly appreciate merits so far transcending my own. Nevertheless, even after making allowances under this head, I cannot but think that Omnipotence operating through all eternity might have produced something better.

I do not pretend to start with precise questions. I do not think you can start with anything precise. You have to achieve such precision as you can, as you go along.

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation.

All the time that he can spare from the adornment of his person, he devotes to the neglect of his duties.

Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily contain within itself forces which must bring either decay or explosion?

Calculating machines do sums better than even the cleverest people… As arithmetic has grown easier, it has come to be less respected.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, and too much brings chaos.