Quotes from William Ernest Hocking

Where men cannot freely convey their thoughts to one another, no other liberty is secure.

And indeed, no man has found his religion until he has found that for which he must sell his goods and his life.

Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.

No religion is a true religion that does not make men tingle to their finger tips with a sense of infinite hazard.

I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.

Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished.

Art is life, plus caprice.

We cannot swing up on a rope that is attached only to our own belt.

Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished; the others can only be hurt.

We cannot swing up a rope which is attached only to our own belt.

Principle III: Presumptive rights are the conditions under which individual powers normally develop.

Principle I: Legal rights are presumptive rights.

Only the man who has enough good in him to feel the justice of the penalty can be punished.

Art is life, plus caprice.

I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.

Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.