Quote #27128
In communities where men build ships for their own sons to fish or fight...
Quote #22830
Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.
Quote #7248
You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are...
Quote #13986
The essence of intelligence is skill in extracting meaning from everyday experience.
Quote #4364
Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.
Quote #10318
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
Quote #23692
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent...
Quote #15848
We can only reason from what is; we can reason on actualities, but not...
Quote #3735
Nature is earlier than man, but man is earlier than natural science.
Quote #4623
The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not...