A madman is not someone who has lost his reason but someone who has lost everything but his reason

A tragedy means always a mans struggle with that which is stronger than man.

All real democracy is an attempt like that of a jolly hostess to bring the shy people out.

If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other--the idea that peace and happiness can only exist on some condition. This idea, which is the core of ethics, is the core of the nursery-tales.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

It is not only possible to say a great deal in praise of play; it is really possible to say the highest things in praise of it. It might reasonably be maintained that the true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.