Their superstitions will allow them to believe things without much critical thought.

Because I was lazy, I'd adopted the philosophy that things just happen.

Assumptions are dangerous things to make, and like all dangerous things to make--bombs for instance, or strawberry shortcake--if you make even the tiniest mistake you can find yourself in terrible trouble. Making assumptions simply means believing things are a certain way with little or no evidence that shows you are correct, and you can see how this can lead to terrible trouble. For instance, one morning you might wake up and make the assumption that your bed was in the same place that it always was, even though you would have no real evidence that this was so. But when you got out of your bed, you might discover that it has floated out to sea, and now you would be in terrible trouble all because of the incorrect assumption that you'd made. You can see that it is better not to make too many assumptions, particularly in the morning.

So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand.

Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.

Conservatism, however, is too often a welcome excuse for lazy minds, loath to adapt themselves to fast changing conditions.

They went in and out of each other's minds without any effort.

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.

You find it so easy to be smart that you don’t bother to work very hard

Civilization progresses not due to humans’ hard work, but because of their laziness.

267. — A quickness in believing evil without having sufficiently examined it, is the effect of pride and laziness. We wish to find the guilty, and we do not wish to trouble ourselves in examining the crime.

Common men cherish their naive faiths and ask no questions.

A tidy laboratory means a lazy chemist.

Lazy people are always looking for something to do.