The brotherhood of men does not imply their equality. Families have their fools and their men of genius, their black sheep and their saints, their worldly successes and their worldly failures. A man should treat his brothers lovingly and with justice, according to the deserts of each. But the deserts of every brother are not the same.

The most distressing thing that can happen to a prophet is to be proved wrong. The next most distressing thing is to be proved right.

For what we think and feel and are is to a great extent determined by the state of our ductless glands and our viscera.

The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.

Love is as necessary to human beings as food and shelter; [but] without intelligence, ... love is impotent and freedom unattainable.

I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself.

One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.