Equality does not mean that all plants must grow to the same height - a society of tall grass and dwarf trees, a jostle of conflicting jealousies. It means, in civic terms, an equal outlet for all talents; in political terms, that all votes will carry the same weight; and in religious terms that all beliefs will enjoy equal rights.

If nobody loved, the sun would go out.

Conscience is God present in man.

Progress is not accomplished in one stage.

To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better.

The aim of art is almost divine: to bring to life again if it is writing history, to create if it is writing poetry.

There comes an hour when protest no longer suffices; after philosophy there must be action; the strong hand finishes what the idea has sketched.