...science is nothing but developed perception, interpreted intent, common-sense rounded out and minutely articulated. It is therefore as much an instinctive product, as much a stepping forth of human courage in the dark, as is any inevitable dream or impulsive action.

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

A soul is but the last bubble of a long fermentation in the world.

Since barbarism has its pleasures it naturally has its apologists.

Man is as full of potential as he is of importance.

Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own finitude, and his finitude itself is, in one sense, overcome.

The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas.