“It seems that I have spent my entire time trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.”
As quoted in The Observer (17 August 1986).
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Alfred Jules Ayer 18
English philosopher 1910–1989Related quotes

Personal correspondence (1839), as quoted in Dostoevsky: His Life and Work (1971) by Konstantin Mochulski, as translated by Michael A. Minihan, p. 17
General

“All time is wasted that is not spent in seeking God.”
This adage is attributed to the ancient sage Sukdeva, as quoted in Promise of Immortality: The True Teaching of the Bible and the Bhagavad Gita (2001) by J. Donald Walters. p. 242
Disputed

Honesty: Beyond Internal Truth (June 2009) http://lesswrong.com/lw/101/honesty_beyond_internal_truth/