A monarch frequently represents his subjects better than an elected assembly; and if he is a good judge of character he is likely to have more capable and loyal advisers.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

Man as we know him is a poor creature; but he is half-way between an ape and a god, and he is travelling in the right direction.

He who loves not his home and country which he has seen, how shall he love humanity in general which he has not seen?

The object of studying philosophy is to know one's own mind, not other peoples.

Over-population is a phenomenon connected with the survival of the unfit, and it is a mechanism which has created conditions favourable to the survival of the unfit and the elimination of the fit.

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average man.

For better or worse, man is the tool-using animal, and as such he has become the lord of creation. When he is lord also of himself, he will deserve his self-chosen title homo sapiens.

The game of life is worth playing, but the struggle is the prize.

... Christianity is a system of radical optimism.