“If you go to the married state, lead the man with tender hand. Much too strong women's power makes the husbands sour.
“Happiness is like those palaces in fairy tales whose gates are guarded by dragons: we must fight in order to conquer it
“That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God
“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