Mysticism is, in essence, little more than a certain intensity and depth of feeling in regard to what is believed about the universe.

The difficulty is old, but none the less real. An omnipotent being who created a world containing evil not due to sin must Himself be at least partially evil.

Speaking psycho-analytically, it may be laid down that any "great ideal" which people mention with awe is really an excuse for inflicting pain on their enemies. Good wine needs no bush, and good morals need no bated breath.

Reason may be a small force, but it is constant, and works always in one direction, while the forces of unreason destroy one another in futile strife.

There is little of the true philosophic spirit in Aquinas. He does not, like the Platonic Socrates, set out to follow wherever the argument may lead.

The Eugenic Society . . . is perpetually bewailing the fact that wage-earners breed faster than middle-class people.

Affection cannot be created; it can only be liberated.