Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.

A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.

So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.

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

When white men first effect contact with some unspoilt race of savages, they offer them all kinds of benefits, from the light of the gospel to pumpkin pie. These, however, much as we may regret it, most savages receive with indifference. What they really value among the gifts that we bring to them is intoxicating liquor which enables them, for the first time in their lives, to have the illusion for a few brief moments that it is better to be alive than dead.

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.

Neither acquiescence in skepticism nor acquiescence in dogma is what education should produce.