Power politics existed before Machiavelli was ever heard of; it will exist long after his name is only a faint memory. What he did, like Harvey, was to recognize its existence and subject it to scientific study.

God is what man finds that is divine in himself. It is the best way man can behave in the ordinary occasions of life, and the farthest point to which man can stretch himself.

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

You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace.

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

American capitalism has been both overpraised and overindicted. It is neither the Plumed Knight nor the monstrous Robber Baron.

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