He was one of those young men who possess an impressive store of facts, but no truths.

The author explains that some find recourse from injustice in literature and art but that these tend to deepen sensitivity to injustice rather than dull it.

If virtue does not equal powers, powers will be misused.

It was a little thing, but on top of the other little things, it broke something in me.

Your blanks have been filled in far differently from those of a child grown up in the filth and poverty

In the context of today, this WAS heroism.

We fill too many gutters while we argue unimportant points and confuse issues.

A law is not good merely because the legislature wills it, but the legislature has the mortal duty to will only that which is good.

He showed me the lowest. I had to surmise the highest.

All the courtesies in the world do not cover up the one vital and massive discourtesy.

If the judgement makes the law and not the law directs the judgement, it is impossible there should be such a thing as an illegal judgement given.

The morality of art consists, for everyone, in the side that flatters its own interests. People do not like literature.

your failure to acknowledge the existence of God makes you worst than the devil.

John Glenn's life will long be remembered for his time in space, his courage, and his service to all Americans.

Most people seek after what they do not possess and are enslaved by the very things they want to acquire.

Charm might be described as enlightened self-interest, a development of one's best self. ... In the simplest possible terms, I think genuine charm is an unmotivated interest in others.

When the man who feeds the world by toiling in the fields is himself deprived of the basic rights of feeding, sheltering, and caring for his own family, the whole community of man is sick.

My days are filled with work I love - reading poems, writing poems, talking with people about poems, teaching, directing a writing program, hosting readings, etc.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

Farmers...can no longer keep up with rising demand; thus the outlook is for chronic scarcities and rising prices.

I have a strong sense of self, but that's not a negative thing.