. . . work even when I'm satisfied with it is never my child I love nor my servant I've brought to heel. It's always busy work I do with my left hand, and part of me watches grudging the wastes of a lifetime. |
A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude. |
Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex. |
I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation. |
I haven't strength of mind not to need a career. |
I long to speak out the intense inspiration that comes to me from the lives of strong women. |
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits. |
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. |
No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking. |
Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future. |
Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must take sides. And the history of the future will differ according to the decision which we make. |
The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists. |
The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. |
The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. |
The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community. |