The Secret Of Genius Is To Carry

Can Any One Deny That The Old Israelites Conceived Jahveh Not Only In The Image Of A Man, But In That Of A Changeable, Irritable, And, Occasionally, Violent Man?

... Our "physick" And "anatomy" Have Embraced Such Infinite Varieties Of Being, Have Laid Open Such New Worlds In Time And Space, Have Grappled, Not Unsuccessfully, With Such Complex Problems, That The Eyes Of Vesalius And Of Harvey Might Be Dazzled By The Sight Of The Tree That Has Grown Out Of Their Grain Of Mustard Seed.

The Foundation Of Morality Is To Have Done, Once And For All, With Lying.

The Doctrine Of Transmigration… Was A Means Of Constructing A Plausible Vindication Of The Ways Of The Cosmos To Man; … None But Very Hasty Thinkers Will Reject It On The Grounds Of Inherent Absurdity.

My Reflection, When I First Made Myself Master Of The Central Idea Of The 'origin', Was, 'how Extremely Stupid Not To Have Thought Of That!'