What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

Fervent religious believers sacrifice pleasures of the body, but instead enjoy pleasures of the mind, including the joy of knowing that those men who didn't follow their religion would be tortured for eternity.

The solution of the difficulties which formerly surrounded the mathematical infinite is probably the greatest achievement of which our age has to boast.

Americans need rest, but do not know it. I believe this to be a large part of the explanation of the crime wave in the United States.

dont let the old break you; let the love make you

Modern definitions of truth, such as those as pragmatism and instrumentalism, which are practical rather than contemplative, are inspired by industrialisation as opposed to aristocracy.

Some people would rather die than think.