There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness.
The only real blind person at Christmas time is he who has not Christmas in his heart.
Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.
The bulk of the world's knowledge is an imaginary construction.
For my part, I wish, with Mr. Howells, that the literature of the past might be purged of all that is ugly and barbarous in it, although I should object as much as any one to having these great works weakened or falsified.
The danger of having the Constitution twisted and misconstrued to support vested interests and prejudices must be guarded against if American democracy is to maintain a progressive character.