Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

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

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

The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.

Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution.

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

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