You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. It not infrequently happens that those who hunger for hope give their allegiance to him who offers them a grievance.

My writing is done in railroad yards while waiting for a freight, in the fields while waiting for a truck, and at noon after lunch. Towns are too distracting.

The burning conviction that we have a holy duty toward others is often a way of attaching our drowning selves to a passing raft.

To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.

Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect.

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.