They who employ force by proxy are as much responsible for that force as though they employed it themselves.

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.

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

The intellectual support for UNBELIEF is about as stable as the stock market.

The universe knows my place in life much better than I do.

It is not the straining for great things that is most effective it is the doing the little things the common duties a little better and better.

Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique - these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .

The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to steal, to lie, to kill, to commit adultery; he tempted them to live independent of God.

He kissed each finger, and with each one of them spoken a word. Five kisses, five words. His last.

Valuing time with your family does not mean you've lost your ambition. Define success for yourself.

A large portion of the weekend effects is explained by differences in the amount of time spent with friends or family between weekends and weekdays.

My act is very educational. I heard a man leaving the other night saying, 'Well that taught me a lesson.'