If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism.

Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.

The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.

Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.

A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.

Every experience is a book to be written.

A conscience can be a dangerous thing

My wife and I have always trusted each other, and I have to thank her strength.

New York, you got money on your mind. And my words won't make a dime's worth a difference, so here's to you New York.

Dying is the last,but the least matter that a Christian has to be anxious about

A life-long mission has been to counter the notion that political engagement is the spinach we must eat in order to have the dessert of freedom.

Never have I enjoyed youth so thoroughly as I have in my old age

In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.

I was a creative player, but I got some bad injuries early on and I decided that if this was a jungle we were playing in then it's better to be a lion than a lamb.

Keep your soul at peace, in order to be able to be attentive and very faithful to the inner movement of the Holy Spirit.