We cannot change ideas in the minds of men and races with machine guns or battle ships.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.

Peace is not made at the council table or by treaties, but in the hearts of men.

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

All men are equal before fish.

To the engineer falls the job of clothing the bare bones of science with life, comfort, and hope.

Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.

A good man is as strong as the right woman needs him to be.

Ruthlessness is the most practical of emotions, Reen's voice whispered. She ignored it.

Now the day has ended, its brief excitements already an imperfect memory.

I no longer see Descartes' statement as arbitrary. It is representative of our culture's narcissism. This narcissism leads to a disturbing disrespect for direct experience and a negation of the body.

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.

Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute readers.

As known unknowns become known; unknown unknowns proliferate; the larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.

Her dignity consists in being unknown to the world; her glory is in the esteem of her husband; her pleasures in the happiness of her family.

When you dance you can enjoy the luxury of being you.