The commonest weakness of our race is our ability to rationalize our most selfish purposes.

I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.

Peace is an extension of war by political means. Plenty of elbow-room is pleasanter -- and much safer.

The greatest fallacy of democracy is that everyone's opinion is worth the same.

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.

Abstract knowledge is always useful, sooner or later.

Are you trying to tell all of us we have a bad signal-to-noise ratio?