For some reason a nation feels as shy about admitting that it ever went forth to war for the sake of more wealth as a man would about admitting that he had accepted an invitation just for the sake of the food. This is one of humanity's most profound imbecilities, as perhaps the only justification for asking one's fellowmen to endure the horrors of war would be the knowledge that if they did not fight they would starve.

All our Western thought is founded on this repulsive pretence that pain is the proper price of any good thing.

When we choose a god we choose one as much like ourselves as possible, or even more so!

I believe if people are looking for the truth, the truth of the Christian religion will come out and meet them.

Idiocy is the female defect ... It is no worse than the male defect, which is lunacy.

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.

I have no faith in the sense of comforting beliefs which persuade me that all my troubles are blessings in disguise.