What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational. On this conviction the plain man like the philosopher takes his stand,and from it philosophy starts in its study of the universe of mind as well as the universe of nature.

The State is the absolute reality and the individual himself has objective existence, truth and morality only in his capacity as a member of the State.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

A man who has work that suits him and a wife, whom he loves, has squared his accounts with life.

Education to independence demands that young people should be accustomed early to consult their own sense of propriety and their own reason. To regard study as mere receptivity and memory work is to have a most incomplete view of what instruction means.