The World Is A Dangerous

I Find It Difficult To Believe That I Belong To Such An Idiotic, Rotten Species - The Species That Actually Boasts Of Its Freedom Of Will, Heroism On Command, Senseless Violence, And All Of The Loathsome Nonsense That Goes By The Name Of Patriotism.

Why Does This Magnificent Applied Science Which Saves Work And Makes Life Easier Bring Us So Little Happiness? ... The Simple Answer Runs: 'because We Have Not Yet Learned To Make Sensible Use Of It.'

I Believe That Pipe Smoking Contributes To A Somewhat Calm And Objective Judgement In All Human Affairs.

An Oligarchy Of Private Capital Cannot Be Effectively Checked Even By A Democratically Organized Political Society Because Under Existing Conditions, Private Capitalists Inevitably Control, Directly Or Indirectly, The Main Sources Of Information.

There Exists A Passion For Comprehension, Just As There Exists A Passion For Music. That Passion Is Rather Common In Children, But Gets Lost In Most People Later On. Without This Passion There Would Be Neither Mathematics Nor Natural Science.