Plato compared the intellect to a charioteer guiding the powerful horses of the passions, i.e., he gave it both the power of perception and the power of control.

But psychology is a more tricky field, in which even outstanding authorities have been known to run in circles, 'describing things which everyone knows in language which no one understands'.

[I] browsed far outside science in my reading and attended public lectures - Bertrand Russell, H. G. Wells, Huxley, and Shaw being my favorite speakers.

The original Upper Paleolithic people would, if they appeared among us today, be called Caucasoid, in the sense that they lacked the particular traits we associate with Negroid and Mongoloid types.

The amazing feeling of being alive beautifully conquers the fear of death

Everybody in the world ought to be sorry for everybody else. We all have our little private hell.

For many young women, the dream of independence and a home of their own is a tantalising goal, while a lifetime devoted solely to catering for another person's needs would be hard to countenance.

I glory in the conflict, that I may hereafter exult in the victory. I know that victory is certain.

People in general are not interested in paying extra for increased safety. At the beginning seat belts cost $200 and nobody bought them.

Facebook is so ubiquitous now that it's like another manifestation of the web itself.

Love cannot be had for the asking; it comes only as a gift from the heart of another

Rumpty!" he muttered, which was very rude if you were one of the few people in the universe who understood what it meant.

Christ transforms the meaning and value of suffering from something to be feared or at best endured into something redemptive [and transformative].

As an actor, you want to keep your demons to some extent, but you also have to exorcise them so you can use them instead of them using you.