The absolute things, the last things, the overlapping things, are the truly philosophic concerns; all superior minds feel seriously about them, and the mind with the shortest views is simply the mind of the more shallow man.

We divert our attention from disease and death as much as we can; the slaughterhouses are huddled out of sight and never mentioned, so that the world we recognize officially in literature and in society is a poetic fiction far handsomer, cleaner and better than the world that really is.

Modern man . . . has not ceased to be credulous . . . the need to believe haunts him.

The total possible consciousness may be split into parts which co-exist but mutually ignore each other.

I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.

Give your dreams all you've got, and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.

Psychology ought certainly to give the teacher radical help.