"What I Believe" Quotes

To teach how to live without certainty and yet without being paralysed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it.

The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

The good life is one in which you enjoy yourself without violating the rights of others.

It is preoccupation with possessions, more than anything else, that prevents men from living freely and nobly.

The secret to happiness is to face the fact that the world is horrible, horrible, horrible.

The essence of the liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.

One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Religion is based primarily and mainly upon fear.