Men in England are ruled, at this minute by the clock, by brutes who refuse them bread, by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern, and therefore wish to enslave.

Every time a man knocks on a brothel door, he is really knocking for God

The old religionist cried out for his god. The new religionist cries out for some god to be his.

We lose our bearings entirely by speaking of the 'lower classes' when we mean humanity minus ourselves.

The materialist is sure that history has been simply and solely a chain of causation, just as the [lunatic] is quite sure that he is simply and solely a chicken. Materialists and madmen never have doubts.

Idolatry is when you worship what you should use, and use what you should worship.

When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.