“A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.
“To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
“Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
“Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness
“Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could
“The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies
“Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world
“We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace
“For where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defense
“There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others
“And while the law (of competition) may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department
“No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change
“There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming
“It is the true season of love when we know that we alone can love, that no one could ever have loved before us, and that no one will ever love in the same way after us.