There is no bigot like the atheist.

Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative.

Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.

The most important fact about the subject of education is that there is no such thing. Education is not a subject and it does not deal in subjects. It is instead the transfer of a way of life.

Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.

I believe your own accent is inimitable, though I shall practice it in my bath.

If an editor can only make people angry enough, they will write half his newspaper for him for nothing.