Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.

According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.

A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.

Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.