Whatever fosters militarism makes for barbarism; whatever fosters peace makes for civilization.

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.

We shouldn't live as if [other worlds] mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.

You need a companion for your thought process, than a physical relationship.

Without awareness there is no freedom. Awareness is vital for any possibility of free choice.

There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government of the United States.

I thought of the old proverb: Where there are three physicians, there are two atheists.

But while I accept specialization in the practice, I reject it utterly in the theory of science.

Every law, every constitution, every regulative decision is based upon what people are discussing in their community. It's based upon our sum knowledge of history and the present.

All younger people should know something. If you’re always battling against getting older, you’re always going to be unhappy, because it will happen anyhow.

I caught a glimpse of happiness, and saw it was a bird on a branch, fixing to take wing.

The inside of the tune [the bridge] is the part that makes the outside sound good.