Be like the sun and meadow, which are not in the least concerned about the coming winter.

If only for a half hour a day, a child should do something serviceable to the community

For four wicked centuries the world has dreamed this foolish dream of efficiency; and the end is not yet. But the end will come.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

The real moment of success is not the moment apparent to the crowd.

The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbour to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.