"As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss"

"Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are"

"Question everything. Learn something. Answer nothing"

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"

"Science never solves a problem without creating ten more"

"Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness"

"Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"The question is not, "Can they reason?" nor, "Can they talk?" but rather, "Can they suffer?""

"Creating the kind of connections between people that lead to collective civic action, political expression, community dialogue, shared cultural experiences"