“Every present state of a simple substance is the natural consequence of its preceding state, in such a way that its present is big with its future
“Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world
“The longest day must have its close -the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning. An eternal, inexorable lapse of moments is ever hurrying the day of the evil to an eternal night, and the night of the just to an eternal day
“We have to be creative and think of ways to make the airport more than just an airport. We need to think of ways to make it an economic-development hub
“Everything has been said, and we have come too late, now that men have been living and thinking for seven thousand years and more
“All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change
“The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.
“Faith is the highest passion in a human being. Many in every generation may not come that far, but none comes further
“It is the style of idealism to console itself for the loss of something old with the ability to gape at something new
“Morality is a venereal disease. Its primary stage is called virtue; its secondary stage, boredom; its tertiary stage, syphilis
“There is no greater impediment to progress in the sciences than the desire to see it take place too quickly
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common