In philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line.

Destroy it. There may be a redistribution of the land, but the natural inequality of men soon re-creates an inequality of possessions and privileges, and raises to power a new minority with essentially the same instincts as the old.

There have been only 268 of the past 3,421 years free of war.

I came to think of myself, not as a dance and chaos of molecules, but as a brief and minute portion of that majestic process

Science without philosophy, facts without perspective and valuation, cannot save us from havoc and despair. Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion.

Never mind your happiness; do your duty.