Harry Allen Overstreet Quotes
The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.
A person remains immature, whatever his age, as long as he thinks of himself as an exception to the human race.
Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight, they play up that fight. If they can uncover a tragedy, they will headline that tragedy.
The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate. The mind that can do that has a powerful leverage on his human world.
To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is in fact the consuming illness of our time.
Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior.
The secret of all true persuasion is to induce the person to persuade himself.
Better a dish of illusion and a hearty appetite for life than a feast of reality and indigestion therewith.
Sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, and love belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality.
The average citizen expresses pride in the American Bill of Rights and then seeks to protect his real estate by restrictive covenants.
