... peace is a militant thing ... any peace movement must have behind it a higher passion than the desire for war. No one can be a pacifist without being ready to fight for peace and die for peace.

The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.

All the laws made for the betterment of workers' lives have their origin with the workers. Hours are shortened,wages go up, conditions are better----only if the workers protest

any peace movement must have behind it a higher passion than the desire for war.

I am trying for nothing so hard in my own personal life as how not to be respectable when married.

In the last analysis civilization itself is measured by the way in which children will live and what chance they will have in the world

We can always find noble reasons for what we want to do.

Gathering news in Russia was like mining coal with a hat pin.

It was the spirit of the workers that was dangerous. The tired, gray crowds ebbing and flowing perpetually into the mills had waked and opened their mouths to sing.

We all marry strangers. All men are strangers to all women.

... no one knows anything about a strike until he has seen it break down into its component parts of human beings.

One of the advantages of science is that one's work, ultimately, is either replicated or it is not.

Social media is the empowerment of the individual at the expense of the system.

Muslims have to report the problems when they see them.

Nothing in Nature, much less conscious being, Was e'er created solely for itself.

I guess mercy is a muscle like any other. You got to exercise it, or it just cramp right up.

In all my years of Ghost Hunting I have never been afraid, after all, a ghost is only a fellow human being in trouble

The study of the traditions doesn't necessarily make you want to convert to another tradition, but it helps you to see your own differently and expands your outlook.

Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy and kindness.

They understand but a little who understand only what can be explained.

Someone with inborn talent isn't happy. It's those who have worked hard for someone precious to them and who can be hot-blooded that are happy." -Gai Sensei: Naruto Episode 196