In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

The strongest wish of a vast number of earnest men and women to-day is for a basis of religious belief which shall rest, not upon tradition or external authority or historical evidence, but upon the ascertainable facts of human experience. The craving for immediacy, which we have seen to be characteristic of all mysticism, now takes the form of a desire to establish the validity of the God-consciousness as a normal part of the healthy inner life.

Take away fear, and the battle of Freedom is half won.

In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge; if he treats them well, and governs them for their good, they will multiply faster than their rulers, till they claim their independence.

The modern world belongs to the half-educated, a rather difficult class, because they do not realize how little they know.

Religion is caught, not taught.