Do you think you can cure the hatreds and the maladjustments of the world by hanging them? You simply show your ignorance and your hate when you say it. You may here and there cure hatred with love and understanding, but you can only add fuel to the flames by cruelty and hate.

There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.

Anyone can spot a lie, unless he is in need of that lie.

I am always suspicious of righteous indignation. Nothing is more cruel than righteous indignation.

The really intelligent are as abnormal as the defective. The great masses of men are rather mediocre, and those above and below are exceptions.

No man is a good citizen, a good neighbor, a good friend, or a good man just because he obeys the law. The intrinsic worth is determined mainly by the intrinsic make-up.

I do not believe in god because I do not believe in Mother Goose.