"The Hindus are enslaved by their ridiculous superstitions."

"the Indians were in the act of plunging themselves into the drunkenness caused by liquid opium mingled with hemp."

"Science, my lad, is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because they lead little by little to the truth."

"The imagination is a powerful engine."

"Democracy is the rule of the mob; an educated elite should govern."