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

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

The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power.

The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.

A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism.

If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.