The quest of the truth had been born in me - the most tragic and incomplete, as well as the most essential, of man's quests.

One of the most depressing features of the ethical side of the matter is that instead of such methods arousing contempt they are more or less openly admired. And this is logical. Canonise 'business success,' and men who made a success like that of the Standard Oil Trust become national heroes!

I came then to a conviction that has never left me: that there is too much for me to attend to in this mortal life without overspeculation on the immortal, that it is not necessary to my peace of mind or to my effort to be a decent and useful person, to have a definite assurance about the affairs of the next world.

In walking through the world there is a choice for a man to make. He can choose the fair and open path, the path which sound ethics, sound democracy, and the common law prescribe, or choose the secret way by which he can get the better of his fellow man.

Imagination is the only key to the future. Without it none exists - with it all things are possible.

Ripe old age, cheerful, useful, and understanding, is one of the finest influences in the world.

we were raising our standard of living at the expense of our standard of character.