It is a very rare man who does not victimize the helpless.

The American ideal is, after all, that everyone should be as much alike as possible.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

I can't be a pessimist, because I am alive.

A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.

Words like "freedom," "justice," "democracy" are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. It takes enormous and, above all, individual effort to arrive at the respect for other people that these words imply.

The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.