A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

I haven't strength of mind not to need a career.

Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future.

. . . work even when I'm satisfied with it is never my child I love nor my servant I've brought to heel. It's always busy work I do with my left hand, and part of me watches grudging the wastes of a lifetime.

The crucial differences which distinguish human societies and human beings are not biological. They are cultural.

Society in its full sense . . . is never an entity separable from the individuals who compose it.

The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good, and against some greatly scorned evil.