The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his master, is confused in his mind.

A downtrodden class... will never be able to make an effective protest until it achieves solidarity.

Success is to be measured not by wealth, power, or fame, but by the ratio between what a man is and what he might be.

What, unless biological science is a mass of errors, is the cause of human intelligence and vigour? Hardship and freedom: conditions under which the active, strong, and subtle survive and the weaker go to the wall; conditions that put a premium upon the loyal alliance of capable men, upon self-restraint, patience, and decision. And the institution of the family, and the emotions that arise therein, the fierce jealousy, the tenderness for offspring, parental self-devotion, all found their justification and support in the imminent dangers of the young.

There is no remorse like the remorse of Chess

Nothing endures, nothing is precise and certain (except the mind of a pedant), perfection is the mere repudiation of that ineluctable marginal inexactitude which is the mysterious inmost quality of Being

Non-violence is the policy of the vegetable kingdom.