"The only freedom, therefore, which is of real value, is that of pursuing our own good in our own way."

"Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character has abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigour, …"

"The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement."

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things."

"It is not by wearing down into uniformity all that is individual in themselves, but by cultivating it and calling it forth, within the limits imposed by the rights and interests of others, that human …"