Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.

We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by the eclipse. We should wonder less at the earthquake, and wonder more at the earth.

Romance is the combination of something that is strange with something that is secure.

There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.

Every one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given.

The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still.

One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.