The fanatical Communist refuses to believe any unfavorable report or evidence about Russia, nor will he be disillusioned by seeing with his own eyes the cruel misery inside the Soviet promised land. It is the true believer's ability to "shut his eyes and stop his ears" to facts that do not deserve to be either seen or heard which is the source of his unequaled fortitude and constancy. He cannot be frightened by danger, nor disheartened by obstacles, nor baffled by contradictions because he denies their existence.

Far more critical than what we know or what we don't know is what we don't want to know.

One of the chief differences between an adult and a juvenile is that the adult knows when he is an ass while the juvenile never does.

There is sublime thieving in all giving. Someone gives us all he has and we are his.

To the old, the new is usually bad news.

It is our talents rusting unused within us that secrete the poison of self-doubt into our bloodstream.

Nothing so bolsters our self-confidence and reconciles us with ourselves as the continuous ability to create; to see things grow and develop under our hand, day in, day out.