Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men.

Among the works of man, which human life is rightly employed in perfecting, the first in importance surely is man himself.

It is better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.

Complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion, is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action.

It would not be easy even for an unbeliever, to find a better translation of the rule of virtue from the abstract into the concrete, than to endeavor so to live that Christ would approve our life.

The pupil who is never required to do what he cannot do, never does what he can do.

There is no 'one-size-fits-all' way to build an audience.