Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation.

The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

The society exists for the benefit of its members; not its members for the benefit of the society.

No one can be perfectly free till all are free; no one can be perfectly moral till all are moral; no one can be perfectly happy till all are happy.

All Socialism involves slavery.

Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

This survival of the fittest implies multiplication of the fittest.

Be bold, be bold, and everywhere be bold.

Those who have never entered upon scientific pursuits know not a tithe of the poetry by which they are surrounded.

I got you a present.""Did you?""It's a book of poetry--romancy stuff. I thought, 'How schmaltzy is that, ' so it seemed like the thing. Then I screwed up and left it in my desk at work

I have always disliked the fierce competitive spirit embodied in that highly intellectual game.

What invariably distinguishes a good player from a poor one is their respective address positions or setups.

When a general complains of the morale of his troops, the time has come to look at his own.

Man is no match for woman where mischief reigns.

The essential matrimonial facts: that to be happy you have to find variety in repetition; that to go forward you have to come back to where you begin.

There is no greater anti-Semite that the Jewish one, and none hates the Jewish people more than the Jewish traitor and apostate.

When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.

I still have shy qualities but nobody would believe that, just because we’re in the forefront and I can talk a lot of mess and I can run my mouth.

War is progressive because all instruments of war are progressive.