To shine is better than to reflect.
Men who are scandalized at the lack of freedom in Russia do not ask themselves how real is liberty among the poor, the weak, and the ignorant in capitalist society.
As the world community develops in peace, it will open up great untapped reservoirs in human nature.
Human nature seems to me like the Alps. The depths are profound, black as night, and terrifying, but the heights are equally real, uplifted in the sunshine.
The desire for liberty has also made itself felt as struggle against domestic tyranny or arbitrary rule.
The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable.
We are not asked to subscribe to any utopia or to believe in a perfect world just around the corner. We are asked to be patient with necessarily slow and groping advance on the road forward, and to be ready for each step ahead as it become practicable. We are asked to equip ourselves with courage, hope, readiness for hard work, and to cherish large and generous ideals.
Do what you dream of doing and never lose sight of that
I love myself, I no longer need Cupid. . .
. . . habit starts at the second crime. At the first one, something is ending.
What we refer to as 'death' is just a set of symptoms that have proven resistant to treatment.