Beneficence is a duty.

It is difficult for the isolated individual to work himself out of the immaturity which has become almost natural for him.

God put a secret art into the forces of Nature so as to enable it to fashion itself out of chaos into a perfect world system.

Standing armies shall in time be totally abolished.

It is by his activities and not by enjoyment that man feels he is alive. In idleness we not only feel that life is fleeting, but we also feel lifeless.

The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced. Every attempt to belittle it is a crime against humanity.

Life is the faculty of spontaneous activity, the awareness that we have powers.