Our test is infallible. Whatever view of reality deepens our sense of the tremendous issues of life in the world wherein we move, is for us nearer the truth than any view which diminishes that sense.

The fruit of the tree of knowledge always drives man from some paradise or other; and even the paradise of fools is not an unpleasant abode while it is habitable.

Philosophy means thinking things out for oneself. Ultimately, there can be only one true philosophy, since reason is one and we all live in the same world.

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.

The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted.

The statistics of suicide show that, for non-combatants at least, life is more interesting in war than in peace.

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.