Atheism is too theological.

It is not greedy to enjoy a good dinner, any more than it is to enjoy a good concert. But I do think there is something greedy about trying to enjoy the dinner and the concert at the same time.

No sceptical philosopher can ask any questions that may not equally be asked by a tired child on a hot afternoon.

Your offer," he said, "is far too idiotic to be declined.

Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles.

Sometimes he even embarrassed the company by phrases suggesting that there was some difference between a Liberal and a Conservative.

Every one of the great revolutionists, from Isaiah to Shelley, have been optimists. They have been indignant, not about the badness of existence, but about the slowness of men in realizing its goodness.