This illustrates an important truth, namely, that the worse your logic, the more interesting the consequences to which it gives rise.

Literature is inexhaustible, with every book a homage to infinity

War can only be abolished by the establishment of a world government.

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

Envy, in fact, is one form of a vice, partly moral, partly intellectual, which consists in seeing things never in themselves, but only in their relations.

Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you.

Every housemaid expects at least once a week as much excitement as would have lasted a Jane Austen heroine throughout a whole novel.