Stupidity and unconscious bias often work more damage than venality.

A priori Logical propositions are such as can be known a priori without study of the actual world.

Modern life cannot be constructed on . . . physically strenuous principles. A great deal of work is sedentary, and most manual work exercises only a few specialized muscles.

It is false to suggest that men must turn away from his desires in the interest of a higher duty. Men only responds to duty if he desires to do so. To understand men, you must understand their desires and the relative strength of those desires.

Broadly speaking, Protestants like to be good and have invented theology in order to keep themselves so, whereas Catholics like to be bad and have invented theology in order to keep their neighbors good. Hence, the social character of Catholicism and the individual character of Protestantism.

Affection cannot be created; it can only be liberated.

Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it.