It would have been very much better for the world if Britain had remained neutral and the Germans had won a quick victory. We should not have had either the Nazis or the Communists if that had happened.

Awareness of universals is called conceiving, and a universal of which we are aware is called a concept.

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. If you take your children for a picnic on a doubtful day, they will demand a dogmatic answer as to whether it will be fine or wet, and be disappointed in you when you cannot be sure.

A man without a bias cannot write interesting history - if indeed such a man exists.

Well, there are many religions, but I suppose they all worship the same God.

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.

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