All We Can Do Is Search For

It Is Wrong And Dangerous To Extol Freedom By Telling People That They Will Certainly Be All Right Once They Are Free. The Most We Can Say Of Democracy Or Freedom Is That They Give Our Personal Abilities A Little More Influence On Our Well-being.

There Can Be No Ultimate Statements Science: There Can Be No Statements In Science Which Can Not Be Tested, And Therefore None Which Cannot In Principle Be Refuted, By Falsifying Some Of The Conclusions Which Can Be Deduced From Them.

The Survival Value Of Intelligence Is That It Allows Us To Extinct A Bad Idea, Before The Idea Extincts Us.

Why Do I Think That We, The Intellectuals, Are Able To Help? Simply Because We, The Intellectuals, Have Done The Most Terrible Harm For Thousands Of Years. Mass Murder In The Name Of An Idea, A Doctrine, A Theory, A Religion - That Is All "our" Doing, "our" Invention: The Invention Of The Intellectuals. If Only We Would Stop Setting Man Against Man - Often With The Best Intentions - Much Would Be Gained. Nobody Can Say That It Is Impossible For Us To Stop Doing This.

We All Remember How Many Religious Wars Were Fought For A Religion Of Love And Gentleness; How Many Bodies Were Burned Alive With The Genuinely Kind Intention Of Saving Souls From The Eternal Fire Of Hell.