Ignorance may be bliss, but it certainly is not freedom, except in the minds of those who prefer darkness to light and chains to liberty. The more true information we can acquire, the better for our enfranchisement.

I think that the insane desire one has sometimes to bang and kick grumblers and peevish persons is a Divine instinct.

Competition, founded upon the conflicting interests of individuals, is in reality far less productive of wealth and enterprise than co-operation, involving though it does the constant apparent sacrifice of the individual to the common interests.

Love seeks not to possess, but to be possessed.

It is only the souls that do not love that go empty in this world.

The union of the family lies in love; and love is the only reconciliation of authority and liberty.

Society is not merely a select body of spiritual or intellectual persons, but a great organism composed of all kinds of members, a net containing bad and good.