"Of all the forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness."

"What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite."

"One eminently orthodox Catholic divine laid it down that a confessor may fondle a nun's breasts, provided he does it without evil intent. But I doubt whether modern authorities would agree with him on…"

"Conscientious objection is a right that the state should respect, but which it has hardly ever respected."

"It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won't go."