If minds are truly alive they will seek out books, for books are the human race recounting its memorable experiences, confronting its problems, searching for solutions, drawing the blueprints of it futures.

A person remains immature, whatever his age, as long as he thinks of himself as an exception to the human race.

The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate. The mind that can do that has a powerful leverage on his human world.

Better a dish of illusion and a hearty appetite for life than a feast of reality and indigestion therewith.

Recreation is not a secondary concern for a democracy. It is a primary concern, for the kind of recreation a people make for themselves determines the kind of people they become and the kind of society they build.

The average citizen expresses pride in the American Bill of Rights and then seeks to protect his real estate by restrictive covenants.

Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior.