Atheism, the absence of belief in gods, is a comparatively late phenomenon in history.
Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precious.
Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.
Thinking is harder work than hard work.
Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer.
I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.
People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.
Bombs are probably more merciful than bayonets
No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
Bricks without straw are more easily made than imagination without memories.
An intelligent class can scarce ever be, as a class, vicious, and never, as a class, indolent. The excited mental activity operates as a counterpoise to the stimulus of sense and appetite.