I can think of few important movements for reform in which success was won by any method other than that of an energetic minority presenting the indifferent majority with a fait accompli, which was then accepted.

An author who waits for the right 'mood' will soon find that 'moods' get fewer and fewer until they cease altogether.

The best prose is written by authors who see their universe with a poet’s eyes.

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.

The pacifist's task today is to find a method of helping and healing which provides a revolutionary constructive substitute for war.

We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.