"One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision."

"The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd."

"If a man is in doubt about his own salvation, the best thing for him to do is to stop thinking about it."

"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons."

"In the ordinary man and woman there is a certain amount of active malevolence, both special ill will directed to particular enemies and general impersonal pleasure in the misfortunes of others. It is …"