Since inequalities of privilege are greater than could possibly be defended rationally, the intelligence of privileged groups is usually applied to the task of inventing specious proofs for the theory that universal values spring from, and that general interests are served by, the special privileges which they hold.

The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.

God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed.

The Communists do have a god, the Dialectic of History, which guarantees everything that they're going to do and guarantees them victory; that's why they're fanatic.

All you earnest young men out to save the world. . . please, have a laugh.

There must be equality of all men before God and in a democratic society. Now that's one of the great achievements.

The measure of our rationality determines the degree of vividness with which we appreciate the needs of other life, the extent to which we become conscious of the real character of our own motives and impulses, the ability to harmonize conflicting impulses in our own life and in society, and the capacity to choose adequate means for approved ends.