....This world needs Utopias as it needs fairy stories. It does not matter so much where we are going, as long as we are making consciously for some definite goal. And a Utopia, however strange or fanciful, is the only possible beacon upon the uncharted seas of the distant future.

A few drops of science will often disinfect an entire barrel full of ignorance and prejudice.

Life means progress, and progress means suffering.

The history of the world is the record of a man in quest of his daily bread and butter.

In history as in life it is success that counts. Start a political upheaval and let yourself be caught, and you will hang as a traitor. But place yourself at the head of a rebellion and gain your point, and all future generations will worship you as the Father of their Country.

The arts are an even better barometer of what is happening in our world than the stock market or the debates in congress.

It is little enough we know and the rest is darkness.