To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

Government by idea tends to take in everything, to make the whole of society obedient to the idea. Spaces not so governed are unconquered, beyond the border, unconverted, a future danger.

Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.

Every error pronounces judgment on itself when it attempts to apply its rules to the standard of truth.

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.