It makes me happy to encounter goodness, love of work, humane intelligence, and people no matter at what kind of job, be it ever so humble, or ever so exalted, who do it well and con amore.

Art is mind and heart and touch as much and more than it is mere instrument, technique - without which however it cannot exist at all.

A complete life may be one ending in so full an identification with the oneself that there is no self left to die.

We usually meet all of our relatives only at funerals where somebody always observes: "Too bad we can't get together more often".

Government is the art of the momentary feasible, of the least bad attainable, and not of the rationally most desirable.

Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.

International affairs will be placed on a better footing when it is understood that there is no way of punishing a people for the crimes of its rulers.