I do not myself feel that any person who is really profoundly humane can believe in everlasting punishment.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom. Those who continually search for happiness will never find it. Happiness is made, not found. To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines.

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?

The purpose of education is to teach a defense against eloquence.

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

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.