"There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person."

"He says, "Nothing endures, nothing is precise and certain (except the mind of a pedant).... Being indeed!—there is no…"

"A man can understand astronomy only by being an astronomer; he can understand entomology only by being an entomologis…"

"Whistler could produce art; and in so far he was a great man. But he could not forget art; and in so far he was only …"

"It is difficult to attain a high ideal; consequently, it is almost impossible to persuade ourselves that we have atta…"

"The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The w…"

"It is foolish, generally speaking, for a philosopher to set fire to another philosopher in Smithfield Market because …"

"At any innocent tea-table we may easily hear a man say, "Life is not worth living." We regard it as we regard the sta…"

"When the old Liberals removed the gags from all the heresies, their idea was that religious and philosophical discove…"

"As enunciated today, 'progress' is simply a comparative of which we have not settled the superlative."