...the fullest development of the highest powers of men can be achieved only in a world of peace.

The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues.

Whether four years of strenuous attention to football and fraternities is the best preparation for professional work has never been seriously investigated.

Nobody can decide for himself whether he is going to be a human being. The only question open to him is whether he will be an ignorant undeveloped one or one who has sought to reach the highest point he is capable of attaining.

We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things.

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.