Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society.

Essential characteristics of a gentleman: The will to put himself in the place of others; the horror of forcing others into positions from which he would himself recoil; and the power to do what seems to him to be right without considering what others may say or think.

Once admit that we have the right to inflict unnecessary suffering and you destroy the very basis of human society.

Memory heaps dead leaves on corpse-like deeds, from under which they do but vaguely offend the sense.

It isn't enough to love people because they're good to you, or because in some way or other you're going to get something by it. We have to love because we love loving.

When Man evolved Pity, he did a queer thing - deprived himself of the power of living life as it is without wishing it to become something different.

Religion was nearly dead because there was no longer real belief in future life; but something was struggling to take its place - service - social service - the ants creed, the bees creed.