Religion is the reaction of human nature to its search for God.

The aims of scientific thought are to see the general in the particular and the eternal in the transitory.

Routine is the god of every social system; it is the seventh heaven of business, the essential component in the success of every factory, the ideal of every statesman. The social machine should run like clockwork.

There is only one subject matter for education, and that is Life in all its manifestations

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

In a living civilization there is always an element of unrest, for sensitiveness to ideas means curiosity, adventure, change. Civilized order survives on its merits and is transformed by its power of recognizing its imperfections.

The absolute pacifist is a bad citizen; times come when force must be used to uphold right, justice and ideals.