To Understand The World One Must Not

Philosophy Is Empty If It Isn't Based On Science. Science Discovers, Philosophy Interprets.

Culture In Its Higher Forms Is A Delicate Plant Which Depends On A Complicated Set Of Conditions And Is Wont To Flourish Only In A Few Places At Any Given Time.

The Word 'god' Is For Me Nothing More Than The Expression And Product Of Human Weaknesses, And Religious Scripture A Collection Of Honourable, But Still Primitive Legends Which Are Nevertheless Pretty Childish. No Interpretation, No Matter How Subtle, Can (for Me) Change This.

There Are Few Enough People With Sufficient Independence To See The Weaknesses And Follies Of Their Contemporaries And Remain Themselves Untouched By Them.

Science Is The Process Of Making Obviously Erroneous Ideas Less Obviously Erroneous.