People never believe in volcanoes until the lava actually overtakes them.

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

Religion is the natural reaction of the imagination when confronted by the difficulties in a truculent world.

Religion should be disentangled as much as possible from history and authority and metaphysics, and made to rest honestly on one's fine feelings, on one's indomitable optimism and trust in life.

Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.

There is no dunce like a mature dunce.