All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions.

Frantic orthodoxy is never rooted in faith but in doubt. It is when we are unsure that we are doubly sure.

Humor is a prelude to faith and laughter is the beginning of prayer.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

The chief source of man's inhumanity to man seems to be the tribal limits of his sense of obligation to other men.

While it is possible for intelligence to increase the range of benevolent impulse, and thus prompt a human being to consider the needs and rights of other than those to whom he is bound by organic and physical relationship, there are definite limits in the capacity of ordinary mortals which makes it impossible for them to grant to others what they claim for themselves.

The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.