I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

If all the Churches of Europe closed their doors until the drums ceased rolling they would act as a most powerful reminder that though the glory of war is a famous and ancient glory, it is not the final glory of God.

The capacity of any conqueror is more likely than not to be an illusion produced by the incapacity of his adversary.

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.

Most of the money given by rich people in "charity" is made up of conscience money, "ransom," political bribery, and bids for titles.... One buys moral credit by signing a cheque, which is easier than turning a prayer wheel.

He who has never hoped can never despair

Schools and schoolmasters, as we have them today, are not popular as places of education and teachers, but rather prisons and turnkeys in which children are kept to prevent them disturbing and chaperoning their parent.