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

I say people who feel they must have a faith or religion in order to face life are showing a kind of cowardice, which in any other sphere would be considered contemptible. But when it is in the religious sphere it is thought admirable, and I cannot admire cowardice whatever sphere it is in.

The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.

Every sane and sensible and quiet thing we do is absolutely ignored by the press.

The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other.

Punctuality is a quality the need of which is bound up with social co-operation.

Some people would rather die than think.