Liberty is always unfinished business

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.

Jealousy, that dragon which slays love under the pretence of keeping it alive.

Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution.

If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth.

There is nothing that war has ever achieved that we could not better achieve without it.

Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.

Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent.

I always seem to have a vague feeling that he is a Satan among musicians, a fallen angel in the darkness who is perpetually seeking to fight his way back to happiness.

You never know how much you really believe anything until its truth or falsehood becomes a matter of life and death to you.

An Underground Railroad story with a distinctive flavor. –Booklist

As a kid growing up, I wanted the Allen Iverson shoes that came out, the Questions. My dad got them for me, so I was excited about that.

We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true north.

Then I was president of the Bakelite Corporation from 1910 to 1930

No use in waiting, we can all work hard to bring about changes.

When you're free from the idea of doership then something else within you emerges. It is yourself.

When my hair is long enough to be cut, I go to my wife's hairdresser, and she generally pays for it.

I think the mark of a good director is that they surround themselves with good people.

Investing is the intersection of economics and psychology.