A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads.

No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors.

I have no patience whatever with these gorilla damnifications of humanity.

The situation that has not its duty, its ideal, was never yet occupied by man. Yes, here, in this poor, miserable, hampered, despicable actual, wherein thou even now standest, here or nowhere is thy ideal; work it out therefrom, and, working, believe, live, be free. Fool! the ideal is in thyself.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

Let me have my own way in exactly everything and a sunnier and pleasanter creature does not exist.

Hardened round us, encasing wholly every notion we form is a wrapping of traditions, hearsay's, and mere words.