What A Sad Era When It Is

We Must Be Prepared To Make The Same Heroic Sacrifices For The Cause Of Peace That We Make Ungrudgingly For The Cause Of War.

I Have Just Got A New Theory Of Eternity.

I Do Not Believe In Immortality Of The Individual, And I Consider Ethics To Be An Exclusively Human Concern With No Superhuman Authority Behind It.

A Theory Is The More Impressive The Greater Is The Simplicity Of Its Premises, The More Different Are The Kinds Of Things It Relates And The More Extended The Range Of Its Applicability.

I Do Not At All Believe In Human Freedom In The Philosophical Sense... Schopenhauer’s Saying, ‘a Man Can Do What He Wants, But Not Will What He Wants,’ Has Been A Very Real Inspiration To Me Since My Youth; It Has Been A Continual Consolation In The Face Of Life’s Hardships, My Own And Others’, And An Unfailing Wellspring Of Tolerance. This Realization Mercifully Mitigates The Easily Paralyzing Sense Of Responsibility And Prevents Us From Taking Ourselves And Other People Too Seriously; It Is Conducive To A View Of Life Which, In Part, Gives Humour Its Due.