We, the people, are not free. Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose between Tweedledee and Tweedledum. We elect expensive masters to do our work for us, and then blame them because they work for themselves and for their class.

The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long in disappointment and bitterness at the closed door that we do not expectantly look for and therefore see with pleasure and gratitude the one which has been opened for us.

...our enjoyment of the great works of literature depends more upon the depth of our sympathy than upon our understanding.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

The idea of brotherhood re-dawns upon the world with a broader significance than the narrow association of members in a sect or creed.

Life is either a great adventure or nothing.