An animal may be ferocious and cunning enough, but it takes a real man to tell a lie.

Every one of these hundreds of millions of human beings is in some form seeking happiness.... Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent; and not one is altogether vile.... Not a single one but has at some time wept.

The teacher, whether mother, priest, or schoolmaster, is the real maker of history.

States organized for war will make war as surely as hens will lay eggs.

Alexander the Great changed a few boundaries and killed a few men. Both he and Napoleon were forced into fame by circumstances outside of themselves and by currents of the time, but Margaret Sanger made currents and circumstances. When the history of our civilization is written, it will be a biological history and Margaret Sanger will be its heroine.

Our challenge is not to educate the children we used to have or want to have, but to educate the children who come to the schoolhouse door.

But I was too restless to watch long; I'm too Occidental for a long vigil. I could work at a problem for years, but to wait inactive for twenty-four hours - that's another matter.