If men could only know each other, they would never either idolize or hate

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

Sing-Sing has several men who were sent there simply because they had Axminster desires and rag-carpet capacities

It is not book learning young men need, nor instruction about this and that, but a stiffing of the vertebrae which causes them to be loyal, to a trust, to act promptly, concentrate their energies, do a thing - "carry a message to Garcia

Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others

Man is the only creature in the animal kingdom that sits in judgment on the work of the Creator and finds it bad - including himself and Nature