Man's destiny lies half within himself, half without. To advance in either half at the expense of the other is literally insane.

Man's destiny lies half within himself, half without. To advance in either half at the expense of the other is literally insane.

The first gold star a child gets in school for the mere performance of a needful task is its first lesson in graft.

In Western society, and particularly in American society, imagination is stulified from infancy. The imaginative child is discouraged and upbraided. He is told that the process is mere dreaming, that it wastes time and leads nowhere. It is said to be "impractical." As the child grows and its imagination inevitably leads it to express unconventional ideas and to try new behavior, it is chided and even viciously punished for such signs of unorthodoxy.

The businessmen have corrupted liberty by trying to propose it as a material quality.

Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.

I don't like people--much. This kind, I mean. And they don't like me at all, as a rule. Maybe the latter explains the former.