Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

Nearly all great civilizations that perished did so because they had crystallized, because they were incapable of adapting themselves to new conditions, new methods, new points of view. It is as though people would rather die than change.

When you look fear in the face, you are able to say to yourself, 'I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.'

A number of people still think of the United States as being overwhelmingly English, Protestant, and white. This erroneous idea influences their whole outlook.

...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand.

Education is the cornerstone of liberty.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.