A strenuous effort must be made to train young people to think for themselves and take independent charge of their lives.

People seldom see the halting and painful steps by which the most insignificant success is achieved.

We all like stories that make us cry. It's so nice to feel sad when you've nothing in particular to feel sad about.

If the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself.

No matter how mistaken Communist ideas may be, the experience and knowledge gained by trying them out have given a tremendous impetus to thought and imagination.

The Great War proved how confused the world is. Depression is proving it again.

We are afraid of ideas, of experimenting, of change. We shrink from thinking a problem through to a logical conclusion.