It is not swinish to be happy unless one is happy in swinish ways.

We easily fall into the habit of accepting compressed statements which save us from the trouble of thinking. Thus arises what I shall call 'Potted Thinking'.

It is an illusion to suppose that a Dictator makes himself; at most he seizes an opportunity made for him by passive, stupid, incompetent, and above all, unsatisfied and fearful men.

To have ideals is not the same as to have impracticable ideals.

You will only find the profoundly inexpressible in profound silence.

It’s the journey, not the destination, but that doesn’t make sense until you get there.

By the way, I never realized that to be nonbelieving, to be an atheist, was a thing to be proud of. It went without saying as it were.

If you aspire to be a sparrow you will never be an eagle!

The way to get things out of a government is to back them to the wall, put your hands to their throats, and you will get all they have.

The way you lose the gospel is not by denying it, but by assuming it.

It is pleasant, when the sea is high and the winds are dashing the waves about, to watch from the shores the struggles of another.

She could have had a life as potent and dangerous as literature itself.

Elvis epitomised America, and for that we shall be eternally grateful. There will never be anyone else like him. Let's all rejoice in his music.

The blessing of God enriches the soul for eternity while that given by the world enriches the body temporarily.