Of course, I do not believe in having everyone who is a liberal called a communist, or everyone who is conservative called a fascist.

Choose a challenge instead of competence

When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.

Our children should learn the general framework of their government and then they should know where they come in contact with the government, where it touches their daily lives and where their influence is exerted on the government. It must not be a distant thing, someone else's business, but they must see how every cog in the wheel of a democracy is important and bears its share of responsibility for the smooth running of the entire machine.

A stumbling block to the pessimist is a stepping-stone to the optimist.

What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is the ideas and impressions that are aroused in you by your reading. It is the ideas stirred in your own mind, the ideas which are a reflection of your own thinking, which make you an interesting person

When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.