It is always safe to assume that people are more subtle and less sensitive than they seem.

The basic test of freedom is perhaps less in what we are free to do than in what we are free not to do.

We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

The future belongs to the learners-not the knowers.

We do not really feel grateful toward those who make our dreams come true; they ruin our dreams.

All mass movements strive, therefore, to interpose a fact-proof screen between the faithful and the realities of the world. They do this by claiming that the ultimate and absolute truth is already embodied in their doctrine and that there is no truth nor certitude outside it. The facts on which the true believer bases his conclusions must not be derived from his experience or observation but from holy writ.