Competition, which is the instinct of selfishness, is another word for dissipation of energy, while combination is the secret of efficient production.

If bread is the first necessity of life, recreation is a close second.

Is a man satisfied, merely because he is perfumed himself, to mingle with a malodorous crowd?

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.

No republic can long exist unless a substantial equality in the wealth of citizens prevails.

Equal wealth and equal opportunities of culture have simply made us all members of one class.

Looking Backward was written in the belief that the Golden Age lies before us and not behind us.

The nation guarantees the nurture, education, and comfortable maintenance of every citizen from the cradle to the grave.

Hold the period of youth sacred to education, and the period of maturity, when the physical forces begin to flag, equally sacred to ease and agreeable relaxation.

I first saw the light in the city of Boston in the year 1857.

The folly of men not their hard heartedness was the great cause of the world s poverty.

The Gospel does not say, "you must do good works." Rather, it fashions us into human beings, into creatures who cannot help serve God and fellow human beings. Without a doubt, a precious effect!

Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing.

But it is not really difference the oppressor fears so much as similarity.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

If writing has taught me anything, it's that you don't actually understand anything until you can express it in words.

One seldom loves people for their virtues.

I usually go to bed early to read. I read and I always say that I'm not a "bohemian artist;" I need to read for one or two hours in the evening, and the quiet, so I don't hang out a lot.

That which makes you want more money is the same as that which makes the plant grow; it is life seeking fuller expression.

Always fight for quality, whether giving or receiving.

There's nothing, absolutely nothing, more important than your life. And your life isn't more important than other people's lives.