The existence of any pure race with special endowments is a myth, as is the belief that there are races all of whose members are foredoomed to eternal inferiority.

If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present.

The behavior of an individual is determined not by his racial affiliation, but by the character of his ancestry and his cultural environment.

The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization

The passion for seeking the truth for truth's sake can be kept alive only if we continue to seek the truth for truth's sake.

No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of necessity have certain mental characteristics.

There is no fundamental difference in the ways of thinking of primitive and civilized man. A close connection between race and personality has never been established.

The historical development of the work of anthropologists seems to single out clearly a domain of knowledge that heretofore has not been treated by any other science

I object to teaching of slogans intended to befog the mind, of whatever kind they may be

My father had retained an emotional affection for the ceremonial of his parental home, without allowing it to influence his intellectual freedom

We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the results of their researches

It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.

He hated when his own advice applied to himself.

Fight your battles on your knees.

False fears are a plague, a modern plague!

If you watch a game it's fun. If you play it it's recreation. If you work at it it's golf.

I had grown a thin mustache, I was a full-grown man, and yet I was completely helpless and without a goal in life.

Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

A Christian who isn't praying, is only playing!

These meetings all have excited great attention, and have been of an exceedingly interesting character.

How perilous it is to free a people who prefer slavery.