“A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness.”

“The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself. There is no other principle distinctly, certainly, and consistently maintained through all its narrow turnings. Viewed by this light it becomes a coherent scheme, and not the monstrous maze the laity are apt to think it. Let them but once clearly perceive that its grand principle is to make business for itself at their expense, and surely they will cease to grumble.”

“Religious faith always transcends culture, and is the integrating principle and power of man's cultural striving.”

“The classic business story is much like the classic human story. There is rise and fall; the overcoming of great odds, the upholding of principles despite the cost, questions of rivalry and succession, and even the possibility of descent into madness.”

“When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.”

“Freedom is the great organizing principle of a life lived in a truly human way.”