Every really able man, in whatever direction he works - a man of large affairs, an inventor, a statesman, an orator, a poet, a painter - if you talk sincerely with him, considers his work, however much admired, as far short of what it should be. What is this Better, this flying Ideal, but the perpetual promise of his Creator?

The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it is not loving; it has no ulterior and divine ends; but is destructive only out of hatred and selfishness.

What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in.

Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action. What they have done commits and enforces them to do the same again. The first act, which was to be an experiment, becomes a sacrament.

A philosopher must be more than a philosopher.

Among the map makers of each generation are the risk takers, those who see the opportunities, seize the moment and expand man's vision of the future

God will have life to be real; we will be damned, but it shall be theatrical.