I would rather a boy learnt in the roughest school the courage to hit a politician, or gained in the hardest school the learning to refute him - rather than that he should gain in the most enlightened school the cunning to copy him.

An enormous amount of modern ingenuity is expended on finding defences for the indefensible conduct of the powerful. As I have said above, these defences generally exhibit themselves most emphatically in the form of appeals to physical science. And of all the forms in which science, or pseudo-science, has come to the rescue of the rich and stupid, there is none so singular as the singular invention of the theory of races.

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.

For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.

To hurry through one's leisure is the most unbusiness-like of actions.

If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses, what might not the heart of man become in its long journey toward the stars?

Thoughts on the Merits of Work The worst of work nowadays is what happens to people when they cease to work.