No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence.
In the arena of human life the honours and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities.
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
You cram these words into mine ears against the stomach of my sense.
Ignorance never settles a question.
There are many fine ideals which are not realisable, and yet we do not refrain from teaching them.
Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts, and strives without fear to do justice to them.
Equality…is the result of human organization. We are not born equal.