Among the Tibetans, one wife has many husbands, because men are too poor to support a whole wife.

My whole religion is this: do every duty, and expect no reward for it, either here or hereafter.

To be out of harmony with one's surroundings is of course a misfortune, but it is not always a misfortune to be avoided at all costs. Where the environment is stupid or prejudiced or cruel, it is a sign of merit to be out of harmony with it.

Moral progress has consisted in the main of protest against cruel customs, and of attempts to enlarge human sympathy.

To write tragedy, a man must feel tragedy. To feel tragedy, a man must be aware of the world in which he lives. Not only with his mind, but with his blood and sinews.

The taboo against nakedness is an obstacle to a decent attitude on the subject of sex.

When the state intervenes to insure the indoctrination of some doctrine, it does so because there is no conclusive evidence in favor of that doctrine.