History repeats itself. That's one of the things wrong with history.

Every instinct that is found in any man is in all men. The strength of the emotion may not be so overpowering, the barriers against possession not so insurmountable, the urge to accomplish the desire less keen. With some, inhibitions and urges may be neutralized by other tendencies. But with every being the primal emotions are there. All men have an emotion to kill; when they strongly dislike some one they involuntarily wish he was dead. I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.

We know life is futile. A man who considers that his life is of very wonderful importance is awfully close to a padded cell.

In order to have enough freedom, it is necessary to have too much.

One cannot live through a long stretch of years without forming some philosophy of life.

I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

I am simply an agnostic. I haven't yet had time or opportunity to explore the universe, and I don't know what I might run on to in some nook or corner.