The course of evolution is to a greater integration of similarly functioning ganglia.

Social laughter is momentary, soon burns itself out and passes away like the fire and smokes of straw, but genius shakes the very skies with its lasting, inextinguishable laughter.

Suggestibility varies as the amount of disaggregation, and inversely as the unification of consciousness.

Psychology must postulate uniformity of interrelation of physical, physiological, and psychic processes.

The recognition, the diagnosis, and the preservation of psychopathic individuals account for the apparent increase of neurotics in civilized communities.

Not purpose but chance is at the heart of mental life.

Mental synthesis of psychic content in the unity of a moment-consciousness is a fundamental principle of psychology.

The main source of psychopathic diseases is the fundamental instinct of fear with its manifestations, the feeling of anxiety, anguish, and worry.

The principle of recognition of evil under all its guises is at the basis of the true education of man.

The man of genius whether as artist or thinker requires a mass of accidental variations to select from and a rigidly selective process of attention.

The general tendency of evolution is from structure to function, from bondage to freedom of the individual elements.

The truth is that there is almost nothing as tiresome as unwanted love.

God won’t give you more than you can handle.’” Holiday chuckled. “And we just wish He didn’t trust us so much, right?

People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent.

Be attentive, feel nothing in vain, measure and compare: this is the whole law of philosophy.

There is no remorse like the remorse of Chess

Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United.

Although I can't stop all cruelty to living creatures on the planet, I can be kinder to every living creature in my life.

Now I have to have the biggest P.O. box in the entire post office to get all the manuscripts coming in.

Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.

There is no sphere of human thought in which it is easier to show superficial cleverness and the appearance of superior wisdom than in discussing questions of currency and exchange