The proper role of humanists is not to bring 'human values' to the attention of technicians otherwise engaged in a purely instrumental approach to their calling, but to demand the restoration of the practical or moral element in callings that have degenerated into techniques.

I despise the cowardly clinging to life, purely for the sake of life, that seems so deeply ingrained in the American temperament.

George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech.

Democracy in our time is more likely to die of indifference than of intolerance.

The family is a haven in a heartless world.

In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective.

Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.