A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

...without equality there can be no democracy.

a society in which there is widespread economic insecurity can turn freedom into a barren and vapid right for millions of people.

The word liberal comes from the word free. We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

I never met Mahatma Gandhi, but, I think everyone felt they knew him even if they hadn't met him.

If you prepare yourself at every point as well as you can, with whatever means you may have, however meager they may seem, you will be able to grasp opportunity for broader experience when it appears. Without preparation you cannot do it.