Science ... in other words, knowledge-is not the enemy of religion; for, if so, then religion would mean ignorance. But it is often the antagonist of school-divinity.

Detached reflection cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife.

There is in all men a demand for the superlative, so much so that the poor devil that has no other way of reaching it attains it by getting drunk.

The man of action has the present, but the thinker controls the future.

This is a court of law, not a court of justice.

There was never an idea started that woke up men out of their stupid indifference but its originator was spoken of as a crank.

Beware of making your moral staple consist of the negative virtues.