The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.

Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.

The greatest enemy of progress is not stagnation, but false progress.

"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it.

Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.