Worry is a form of fear, and all forms of fear produce fatigue. A man who has learned not to feel fear will find the fatigue of daily life enormously diminished.

We are faced with the paradoxical fact that education has become one of the chief obstacles to intelligence and freedom of thought.

I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words possible.

Modern life cannot be constructed on . . . physically strenuous principles. A great deal of work is sedentary, and most manual work exercises only a few specialized muscles.

Politics is largely governed by sententious platitudes which are devoid of truth

To be out of harmony with one's surroundings is of course a misfortune, but it is not always a misfortune to be avoided at all costs. Where the environment is stupid or prejudiced or cruel, it is a sign of merit to be out of harmony with it.

War doesn't determine who's right, it determines who's left