The greatest obstacle to progress is not man's inherited pugnacity, but his incorrigible tendency to parasitism.

In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach.

Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.

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

The world belongs to those who think and act with it, who keep a finger on its pulse.

A monarch frequently represents his subjects better that an elected assembly; and if he is a good judge of character he is likely to have more capable and loyal advisers.

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.