I once worked as a salesman and was very independent. I took orders from no one.

Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.

Since it is seldom clear whether intellectual activity denotes a superior mode of being or a vital deficiency, opinion swings between considering intellect a privilege and seeing it as a handicap

Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.

Boredom and fatigue are great historical forces.

The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind.

Democracy, to maintain itself, must repeatedly conquer every cell and corner of the nation. How many of our public institutions and private businesses, our schools, hospitals, and domestic hearths are in reality little fascist states where freedom of speech is more rigorously excluded than vermin?