“Prejudice iz a hous plant which iz very apt tew wither if yu take it out doors amungst pholks.”

“We get forwards in the world not so much by doing services, as receiving them: you take a withering twig, and put it in the ground; and then you water it, because you have planted it.”

“It's very hard to keep personal prejudice out of a thing like this. And no matter where you run into it, prejudice obscures the truth.”

“Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which they never enter, and with their hands on the door-latch they die outside.”

“Knowledge breaks down the barriers of prejudice and opens doors for embrace.”

“The objective of an educational campaign is to minimize prejudice—or, at least, to bring the conflict between prejudice and ideals out into the open and to force the white citizen to take his choice”

“The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice.”

“The planting of hemp and flax would be an unknown advantage to the kingdom, many places therein being as apt for it, as any foreing parts.”

“Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn and laughter. There is no opportunity in such cases for self-delusion, no idling time away, no being off your guard (or you must take the consequences) — neither is there any room for humour or caprice or prejudice.”

“The most reliable joy is to be out of doors, to be a creature among other creatures. I find it very restful.”