Having a thirteen-year-old in the family is like having a general-admission ticket to the movies, radio and TV. You get to understand that the glittering new arts of our civilization are directed to the teen-agers, and by their suffrage they stand or fall.

When evil acts in the world it always manages to find instruments who believe that what they do is not evil but honorable.

Small wars are always teetering on the brink of becoming big ones.

Every step by which men add to their knowledge and skills is a step also by which they can control other men.

Every mob, in its ignorance and blindness and bewilderment, is a League of Frightened Men that seeks reassurance in collective action.

The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.

To deaden yourself against any hurt is to deaden yourself also against the hurt of others.