I am an historian, I am not a believer, but I must confess as a historian that this penniless preacher from Nazareth is irrevocably the very center of history. Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant figure in all history.

This World Youth movement claims to represent and affect the politico-social activities of a grand total of forty million adherents - under the age of thirty...It may play an important and increasing role in the consolidation of a new world order.

There were no object lessons, and the studies of bookkeeping and French were pursued (but never effectually overtaken.

Everyone leaves the world a little better some by leaving.

The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it.

The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action.

There is no remorse like a remorse of chess. It is a curse upon man. There is no happiness in chess.