One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

It is by acts (actions) and not by ideas (mere thoughts) that people [really] live.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."

...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio is an amazing invention. Yet now that it is here, one suspects that Hitler never could have consolidated his totalitarian control over Germany without its use. One never can tell what hands will reach out to lay hold on scientific gifts, or to what employment they will be put. Ever the old barbarian emerges, destructively using the new civilization.

Democracy is not simply a political system; it is a moral movement and it springs from adventurous faith in human possibilities.

The all but unanimous judgment seems to be that we, the democracies, are just as responsible for the rise of the dictators as the dictatorships themselves, and perhaps more so.