Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on giving as good as they get.

When certain unmarried men, who had lost their capacity to sin, sat indoors, breathing bad air, and passed resolutions about what was right and what wrong, making rules for the guidance of the people, instead of trusting to the natural, happy instincts of the individual, they ushered in the Dark Ages. These are the gentlemen who blocked human evolution absolutely for a thousand years.

I rather like the World. The Flesh is pleasing and the Devil does not trouble me.

Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.

Growth is often a painful process.

Your neighbor is the man who needs you.

The man who is anybody and who does anything is surely going to be criticized, vilified, and misunderstood. This is a part of the penalty for greatness, and every great man understands it; and understands, too, that it is no proof of greatness. The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.