The scientific attitude of mind involves a sweeping away of all other desires in the interest of the desire to know.

Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit.

I think it would be just to say the most essential characteristic of mind is memory, using this word in its broadest sense to include every influence of past experience on present reactions.

Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, Thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habit. Thought is great and swift and free.

Even in civilized mankind faint traces of monogamous instinct can be perceived.

There is an artist imprisoned in each one of us. Let him loose to spread joy everywhere.

Democracy has at least one merit, namely that a Member of Parliament cannot be stupider than his constituents, for the more stupid he is, the more stupid they were to elect him.