In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.

Modern education has devoted itself to the teaching of impudence, and then we complain that we can no longer control our mobs.

Men have commonly more pleasure in the criticism which hurts than in that which is innocuous, and are more tolerant of the severity which breaks hearts and ruins fortunes than of that which falls impotently on the grave.

Surely our clergy need not be surprised at the daily increasing distrust in the public mind of the efficacy of prayer.

Science has to do with facts, art with phenomena. To science, phenomena are of use only as they lead to facts; and to art, facts are of use only as they lead to phenomena.

The plea of ignorance will never take away our responsibilities.

... no human actions ever were intended by the Maker of men to be guided by balances of expediency, but by balances of justice.