People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.

Even the absurdest report may in nearly every instance be traced to an actual occurrence; and had there been no such actual occurrence, this preposterous misrepresentation of it would never have existed. Though the distorted or magnified image transmitted to us through the refracting medium of rumour, is utterly unlike the reality; yet in the absence of the reality there would have been no distorted or magnified image.

The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter.

Religion is the recognition that all things are manifestations of a Power which transcends our knowledge.

Science is organized knowledge.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.