I'm intensely anxious to preserve the freedom that gives you the right to think and to act and to talk as you please. That I think is essential to happiness and the life of the people.

Anyone who has gone through great suffering is bound to have a greater sympathy and understanding of the problems of mankind.

If man is to be liberated to enjoy more leisure, he must also be prepared to enjoy this leisure fully and creatively.

If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.

We need emotional outlets in this country, and the more artistic people we develop the better it will be for us as a nation.

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

It seems to me that I cannot afford, as a self-respecting individual, to refuse to do a thing merely because it will make me disliked or bring down a storm of criticism on my head.