One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is important.

Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.

God and Satan alike are essentially human figures, the one a projection of ourselves, the other of our enemies.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

Next to worry probably one of the most potent causes of unhappiness is envy.

Every great idea starts as a blasphemy.

I dislike Communism because it is undemocratic, and capitalism because it favours exploitation.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

You must believe that you can help bring about a better world.

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.

My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.

It is the things for which no evidence is believed with passion.

Beware the man of the single book

Belief systems provide a programme that relieves the necessity of thought.

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.

War doesn't determine who's right, it determines who's left

Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim.