“Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.”

“I have long gone about with a conviction on my mind that I had a work to do—a Work, if you like, with a great W; a Purpose to fulfil; ... a Great Social Evil to Discover and to Remedy.”

“For all evils there are two remedies - time and silence.”

“When any evil happens to you, apply whatever remedies you can and do this in a way agreeable to God, since to do otherwise is to tempt God. Having done this, wait with resignation for the results it may please God to send. If it is his will that the remedies overcome the evil, then humbly return him thanks. If it is his will that the evils overcome the remedies, then bless him with patience.”

“for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized”

“The politician attempts to remedy the evil by increasing the very thing that caused the evil in the first place: legal plunder.”