Teachers are more than any other group the guardians of civilization.

When white men first effect contact with some unspoilt race of savages, they offer them all kinds of benefits, from the light of the gospel to pumpkin pie. These, however, much as we may regret it, most savages receive with indifference. What they really value among the gifts that we bring to them is intoxicating liquor which enables them, for the first time in their lives, to have the illusion for a few brief moments that it is better to be alive than dead.

Uncertainty in the pressure of vivid hopes and fears is painful, but must be endured if we wish to live without the support of comforting fairy tales.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.

Televison allows thousands of people to laugh at the same joke and still remain alone.

Unfortunately, however, power is sweet, and the man who in the beginning seeks power merely in order to have scope for his benevolence is likely, before long, to love the power for its own sake.