A philosophy is characterized more by the formulation of its problem than by its solution of them.

Philosophical questions are not by their nature insoluble. They are, indeed, radically different from scientific questions, because they concern the implications and other interrelations of ideas, not the order of physical events; their answers are interpretations instead of factual reports, and their function is to increase not our knowledge of nature, but our understanding of what we know.

Religion, even the most primitive and superstitious, is inevitably a beginning of culture. It is not possible without some kind of symbolic expression ... and begets dramatic gesture, dance, and chant.

Language is, without a doubt, the most momentous and at the same time the most mysterious product of the human mind.

The fairytale is irresponsible; it is frankly imaginary, and its purpose is to gratify wishes, as a dream doth flatter.

The seeds of civilization are in every culture, but it is city life that brings them to fruition.

Speech is the mark of humanity. It is the normal terminus of thought.