Was the majority right when they stood by while Jesus was crucified? Was the majority right when they refused to believe that the earth moved around the sun and let Galileo be driven to his knees like a dog? It takes fifty years for the majority to be right. The majority is never right until it does right.

What ought a man be? Well, my short answer is 'himself'.

Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.

I don't imagine you will dispute the fact that at present the stupid people are in an absolutely overwhelming majority all the world over.

Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.

The strong must learn to be lonely.

It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single knot; but when I had got that undone, the whole thing raveled out. And then I understood that it was all machine-sewn.