The newspaper reader says: this party will ruin itself if it makes errors like this. My higher politics says: a party which makes errors like this is already finished -- it is no longer secure in its instincts.

One must learn to be a sponge if one wants to be loved by hearts that overflow.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

There are no eternal facts, as there are no absolute truths.

Those who are devoid of purpose will make the void their purpose.

The world is a work of art that gives birth to itself.

Robinson had a servant even better than Friday: His name was Crusoe.