Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

The man who once cursed his fate, now curses himself-and pays his psychoanalyst.

It is one of the ironies of history that reformers so often misjudge the consequences of their reforms.

History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.

The man who once cursed his fate, now curses himself - and pays his psychoanalyst.

All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast.

The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursuing his education.