The human animal, like others, is adapted to a certain amount of struggle for life [and] the mere absence of effort from his life removes an essential ingredient of happiness. [. . .] He forgets that to be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

Berkeley retains the merit of having shown that the existence of matter is capable of being denied without absurdity.

Nothing of importance is ever achieved without discipline. I feel myself sometimes not wholly in sympathy with some modern educational theorists, because I think that they underestimate the part that discipline plays. But the discipline you have in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority.

Ethical metaphysics is fundamentally an attempt, however disguised, to give legislative force to our own wishes.

Indemnity for the past and security for the future.

If the Church is not now as bad as the Soviet Government, that is due to the influence of those who attacked the Church

Philosophy bakes no bread