I never held Negroes to be inherently inferior. The statement in Marriage and Morals refers to environmental conditioning. I have had it withdrawn from subsequent editions because it is clearly ambiguous.

Love should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven.

If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.

Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.

Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.

Real life is, to most men, a long second best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible.

Boys and girls should be taught respect for each other's liberty... and that jealousy and possessiveness kill love.