"In the part of this universe that we know there is great injustice, and often the good suffer, and often the wicked prosper, and one hardly knows which of those is the more annoying."

"Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality."

"Life is nothing but a competition to be the criminal rather than the victim."

"Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country."

"Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact."

"Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man."

"There is no sin greater than ignorance."

"Courage is doing what you are afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared."

"The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is."

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."

"So long as there are men there will be wars."

"Charity begins at home, but shouldn't end there."