To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.

When the mother of the race is free, we shall have a better world, by the easy right of birth and by the calm, slow, friendly forces of evolution.

But we were made to believe and not allowed to think. We were told to obey, rather than to experiment and investigate.

What we do modifies us more than what is done to us.

If only religion could be brought to take an interest in this earthly future, what a help it would be! ... Think of the appeal to the less spiritual of us, to those who never did get enthusiastic about eternity, or care so tenderly about their own souls, yet who could rise to the thought of improving this world for the children they love, and their children after them.

The difference is great between one's outside "life," the things which happen to one, incidents, pains and pleasures, and one's "living."

I was climbing up a mountain-path With many things to do, Important business of my own, And other people's too, When I ran against a Prejudice That quite cut off the view.