If you embark on a project as magnificent in concept as the brotherhood of man, it is foolish not to anticipate difficulties of proportionate magnificence.

The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality

A person may be totally unimaginative and have the social vision of a mole, and we still call him a decent man.

it is a waste of time to ask more of people than they have to give.

democracy produces both heroes and villains, but it differs from a fascist state in that it does not produce a hero who is a villain.

The English never smash in a face. They merely refrain from asking it to dinner.

Success does not implant bad characteristics in people. It merely steps up the growth rate of the bad characteristics they already had.