One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where you are when you don't come home at night.

Interest and proficiency in almost any one activity-swimming, boating, fishing, skiing, skating-breed interest in many more. Once someone discovers the delight of mastering one skill, however slightly, he is likely to try out not just one more, but a whole ensemble.

War is only an invention, not a biological necessity.

In this country, some people start being miserable about growing old while they are still young.

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.

Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.

The negative cautions of science are never popular.