44 Quotes by Paul Harris

The higher the general average of intelligence, all things else being equal, the less the disposition to be meddlesome, critical, and overbearing.

The nation that is supreme above all others during one age, will be eclipsed by another in the next age.

One's nativity is not of his own choosing, but whatever it may be, it is entitled to respect; and all nations have honorable place in the world's family.

Individuals and nations owe it to themselves and the world to become informed.

In the clashes between ignorance and intelligence, ignorance is generally the aggressor.

To attempt to superimpose its views through the exercise of force, is seldom the part of intelligence; it is frequently the part of ignorance.

In the cold, shivering twilight, preceding the daybreak of civilization, the dominating emotion of man was fear.

Motherhood is at its best when the tender chords of sympathy have been touched.

How strange it is that murder has the sanction of law in one and only one of the human relationships, and that is the most important of all, that of nation to nation.