The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted everything we have missed something - war. This life of ours is a very enjoyable fight, but a very miserable truce.

There is only one thing that it requires real courage to say, and that is a truism.

Lord! what a strange world in which a man cannot remain unique even by taking the trouble to go mad!

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. (on not perfectionism to put things off) .

The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.

It is assumed that the skeptic has no bias; whereas he has a very obvious bias in favour of skepticism.

Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.