Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

Things that make us alike are finer and stronger than the things that make us different.

Must be grounded in a philosophy whose foundation is on the solidarity of the human race, a philosophy which will not waver when the race happens to be represented by a drunken woman or an idiot boy.

The worth of every conviction consists precisely in the steadfastness with which it is held.

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.

Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always become readily entangled.