I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.

The world's a poor standard. any society which is free of hunger and violence looks bright against that background.

A permissive government is a government that leaves control to other sources.

Old age is rather like another country. You will enjoy it more if you have prepared yourself before you go.

A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.

We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.

Society already possesses the psychological techniques needed to obtain universal observance of a code - a code which would guarantee the success of a community or state. The difficulty is that these techniques are in the hands of the wrong people-or, rather, there aren't any right people.