Common man has at long last got himself so far out of gear with nature and his environment that he is beginning to see the shape of extinction, whether he recognizes it as such or not.

Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.

One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.

If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.

Ignorance is not bliss — it is oblivion. Determined ignorance is the hastiest kind of oblivion.

The first gold star a child gets in school for the mere performance of a needful task is its first lesson in graft.

Superiority and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Education is not a function of any church or even of a city or a state; it is a function of all mankind.

Man's destiny lies half within himself, half without. To advance in either half at the expense of the other is literally insane.

The businessmen have corrupted liberty by trying to propose it as a material quality.

Our history is every human history; a black and gory business, with more scoundrels than wise men at the lead, and more louts than both put together to cheer and follow.

When she needs you, she knows how to find you, but when you need her, she’s too busy to be with you.

Dance with your rhythm.

How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.

The really good music, whether of the East or of the West, cannot be analyzed.

Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

I've never had that concern of thinking of myself as stupid.

Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. "No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.

What really happens is that the gene pool becomes filled with genes that influence bodies in such a way that they behave 'as if' they made complex, if unconscious, cost/benefit calculations

Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.