While leadership depends on depth of conviction and the power coming therefrom, there must also be the ability to share that conviction with others.

I wish we could understand the word expert as expressing an attitude of mind which we can all acquire rather than the collecting of information by a special caste. ... Many of us are calling for experts because, acutely conscious of the mess we are in, we want someone to pull us out.

administrative purpose usually outruns the facts. Indeed the administrative official's ardor for facts usually begins when he wants to change the facts!

There is no such thing as vicarious experience.

Imitation is for shirkers, like-minded-ness for the comfort lovers, unifying for the creators.

What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that these should not be considered the same.

Idealism and realism meet in the actual.