Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type.

Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.

The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.

Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.

Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.

The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.

We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration.

A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.

Somebody is observing my writings, I know that.That's one reason why I keep reading and writing.

People who feel pain, that’s common. Someone who uses pain to create, this is an Artist.

My own personal favorite Cher song is the unforgettable Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.

I write songs about real things... The subject dictates the mood and it goes from there, really.

It's just such a great miracle when things do work, and they work for such a wild variety of crazy reasons.

A Christian is never in a state of completion but always in a process of becoming.

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.

I don't care what people say about me. I do care about my mistakes.

The greatest difficulty in the world is not for people to accept new ideas, but to make them forget old ideas.

You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them