That which is unjust can really profit no one; that which is just can really harm no one.

Man must be doing something, or fancy that he is doing something, for in him throbs the creative impulse; the mere basker in the sunshine is not a natural, but an abnormal man.

I propose to beg no question to shrink from no conclusion, but to follow truth wherever it may lead.

There is danger in reckless change, but greater danger in blind conservatism.

Social reform is not to be secured by noise and shouting; by complaints and denunciation; by the formation of parties, or the making of revolutions; but by the awakening of thought and the progress of ideas. Until there be correct thought, there cannot be right action; and when there is correct thought, right action will follow.

There are only three ways by which any individual can get wealth — by work, by gift or by theft. And, clearly, the reason why the workers get so little is that the beggars and thieves get so much.

Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.