Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.

Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.

The deductive reasons for a course of action usually follow rather than precede the course of action. Thought follows life.

It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory