"The essence of science is that it is always willing to abandon a given idea for a better one; the essence of theology is that it holds its truths to be eternal and immutable."
"The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."
"The plain fact is that education is itself a form of propaganda - a deliberate scheme to outfit the pupil, not with the capacity to weigh ideas, but with a simple appetite for gulping ideas ready-made. The aim is to make 'good' citizens, which is to say, docile and uninquisitive citizens."
"If, after I depart this vale, you ever remember me and have thought to please my ghost, forgive some sinner and wink your eye at some homely girl."
"No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not."
"The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom."