There was, I think, never any reason to believe in any innate superiority of the male, except his superior muscle.

Love as a relation between men and women was ruined by the desire to make sure of the legitimacy of children.

Measures of sterilization should, in my opinion, be very definitely confined to persons who are mentally defective

In human relations one should penetrate to the core of loneliness in each person and speak to that.

It is in the nature of imperialism that citizens of the imperial power are always among the last to know-or care-about circumstances in the colonies.

Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the world are to be found in every asylum: one man will think he is the Governor of the Bank of England, another will think he is the King, and yet another will think he is God. Highly similar delusions, if expressed by educated men in obscure language, lead to professorships of philosophy; and if expressed by emotional men in eloquent language, lead to dictatorships.

Curious learning not only makes unpleasant things less unpleasant but also makes pleasant things more pleasant.