Men have been barbarians much longer than they have been civilized. They are only precariously civilized, and within us there is the propensity, persistent as the force of gravity, to revert under stress and strain, under neglect or temptation, to our first natures.

A rational man acting in the real world may be defined as one who decides where he will strike a balance between what he desires and what can be done.

It is so much easier to talk of poverty than to think of the poor.

Creative ideas come to the intuitive person who can face up to the insecurity of looking beyond the obvious.

He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.

It is impossible to abolish either with a law or an axe the desires of men.

We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists.