The defense against childish helplessness is what lends its characteristic features to the adult's reaction to the helplessness which he has to acknowledge - a reaction which is precisely the formation of religion.

Tobacco is the only excuse for Columbus's misadventure in discovering America.

Even if all parts of a problem seem to fit together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, one has to remember that the probable need not necessarily be the truth and the truth not always probable.

Love is a state of temporary psychosis.

Civilization runs a greater risk if we maintain our present attitude to religion than if we give it up.

The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously.

In the development of mankind as a whole, just as in individuals, love alone acts as the civilizing factor in the sense that it brings a change from egoism to altruism.