Action is the normal completion of the act of will which begins as prayer. That action is not always external, but it is always some kind of effective energy.

Our test is infallible. Whatever view of reality deepens our sense of the tremendous issues of life in the world wherein we move, is for us nearer the truth than any view which diminishes that sense.

The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle.

The happy people are those who are producing something.