If one were loyal to one's nation only because it was good and true ... one would not be loyal to any nation but to truth and goodness. The idea of patriotism would have no place either in our dictionaries or our lives.

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

There is truth in the high opinion that in so far as a man conforms, he ceases to exist.

A smile is the universal welcome.

Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind

Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.