Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.

A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours.

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.

Beautiful thoughts hardly bring us to God until they are acted upon. No one can have a true idea of right until he does it.

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.

I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism, while the wolf remains of a different opinion.