In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people, they have no lawyers.

So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, yet still we hesitate to admit the validity of our new-found convictions.

I loathed poverty and I would have liked to put my hands on the party who said that poverty is an honorable estate. It is an indication of inefficiency and nothing more. There is nothing honorable or fine about it.

It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.

If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.

For myself, I always assume that a lion is ferocious, and so I am never caught off my guard.

The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious beliefin lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly above us, to whose personal profit and aggrandizement it was to have us continue to believe as they wished us to believe.