If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.

A remarkable feature of the humanitarian movement, on both its sentimental and utilitarian sides, has been its preoccupation with the lot of the masses.

Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.

The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.

A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.

It is well to open one's mind but only as a preliminary to closing it ... for the supreme act of judgment and selection.