Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of finitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life is to grasp as much as we can out of that infinitude.

It is the business of the future to be dangerous.

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.

"One and one make two" assumes that the changes in the shift of circumstance are unimportant. But it is impossible for us to analyze this notion of unimportant change.

Governments are best classified by considering who are the 'somebodies' they are in fact endeavouring to satisfy.

In England if something goes wrong--say, if one finds a skunk in the garden--he writes to the family solicitor, who proceeds to take the proper measures; whereas in America, you telephone the fire department. Each satisfies a characteristic need; in the English, love of order and legalistic procedure; and here in America, what you like is something vivid, and red, and swift.

Speak out in acts; the time for words has passed, and only deeds will suffice.