"The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way."

"If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important."

"The influence of our wishes upon our beliefs is a matter of common knowledge and observation, yet the nature of this influence is very generally misconceived... the great mass of beliefs by which we a…"

"The most fundamental of all moral duties is to exercise our intelligence to the utmost."

"I should not hold it desirable that either a man or a woman should enter upon the serious business of a marriage intended to lead to children without having had previous sexual experience."