Education can and should do much influence social, moral and intellectual discovery by stimulating critical attitudes of thought in the young

Not until he acquires European manners does the American anarchist become the gentleman who assures you that people cannot be mademoral by Act of Parliament (the truth being that it is only by Acts of Parliament that men in large communities can be made moral, even when they want to).

All this struggling and striving to make the world better is a great mistake. Not that it's wrong to try to improve the world if you know how but simply because struggling and striving are the worst possible ways to go about doing anything!

The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school.

A vegetarian is not a person who lives on vegetables, any more than a Catholic is a person who lives on cats.

The churches must learn humility as well as teach it.

A moderately honest man with a moderately faithful wife, moderate drinkers both, in a moderately healthy house: that is the true middle class unit.