Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling one's pulse and taking one's temperature.

In war it does not matter who is right, but who is left.

Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

Out of the depths of sorrow and sacrifice will be born again the glory of mankind.

If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle them, and, as it were, fondle them. Let them fall open where they will. Make a voyage of discovery, taking soundings of uncharted seas.

I had no idea of the enormous and unquestionably helpful part that humbug plays in the social life of great peoples dwelling in a state of democratic freedom.

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely says something about our own need to be critical.