We must learn not to take traditional morals too seriously. And it is just because even the least dogmatic of religions tends to associate itself with some kind of unalterable moral tradition, that there can be no truce between science and religion.

So far from being an isolated phenomenon the late war is only an example of the disruptive result that we may constantly expect from the progress of science.

There is no great invention, from fire to flying, which has not been hailed as an insult to some god.

And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art.

Money can buy a fine dog but it is kindness that makes him wag his tail.

This is my prediction for the future: Whatever hasn't happened will happen, and no one will be safe from it.

If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of creation it would appear that God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles.