The creative mind is the playful mind. Philosophy is the play and dance of ideas.

To lose one's life is but to lose the present; and, clearly, to lose a defiled, worthless present is not to lose much.

The Renaissance was a time of mercenary soldiers, ours is a time of mercenary labor.

The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in every person.

The ability to get along without an exceptional leader is the mark of social vigor.

The unpredictability inherent in human affairs is due largely to the fact that the by-products of a human process are more fateful than the product.

We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest.