Even People Who Aren’t Geniuses Can Outthink

Life Is Nearly Over With Me. I Have Taken No Pains About My Style Of Writing.

I Had Gradually Come, By This Time [1839-01], To See That The Old Testament From Its Manifestly False History Of The World, With The Tower Of Babel, The Rainbow As A Sign, Etc., Etc. And From Its Attributing To God The Feelings Of A Revengeful Tyrant, Was No More To Be Trusted Than The Sacred Books Of The Hindoos, Or The Beliefs Of Any Barbarian.

Ignorance More Frequently Begets Confidence Than Does Knowledge.

Any One Whose Disposition Leads Him To Attach More Weight To Unexplained Difficulties Than To The Explanation Of Facts Will Certainly Reject My Theory.

Nature Will Tell You A Direct Lie If She Can.