A tragic writer does not have to believe in God, but he must believe in man.

Whenever man forgets that man is an animal, the result is always to make him less humane.

To be individually righteous is the first of all duties, come what may to ones self, to one's country, to society, and to civilization itself.

Every time a value is born, existence takes on a new meaning; every time one dies, some part of that meaning passes away.

Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.

We need some contact with the things we sprang from. We need nature at least as a part of the context of our lives. Without cities we cannot be civilized. Without nature, without wilderness even, we are compelled to renounce an important part of our heritage.

The advertiser is the overrewarded court jester and court pander at the democratic court.