Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself.

You must believe that you can help bring about a better world.

A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.

There is no difference between someone who eats too little and sees Heaven and someone who drinks too much and sees snakes.

It is false to suggest that men must turn away from his desires in the interest of a higher duty. Men only responds to duty if he desires to do so. To understand men, you must understand their desires and the relative strength of those desires.

We may often do as we please - but we cannot please as we please.

The difficulty is old, but none the less real. An omnipotent being who created a world containing evil not due to sin must Himself be at least partially evil.