To find ways of practicing democracy, not ways of orating about it, is our great problem.

... the self respect of individuals ought to make them demand of their leaders conformity with an agreed-upon code of ethics and moral conduct.

The higher one climbs, the lonelier one is.

Until the sky is the limit [for women], as it is for men, men as well as women will suffer, because all society is affected when half of it is denied equal opportunity for full development.

The intelligent employer encourages challenge, questioning--not blind acceptance and "our Leader knows best" acclaim.

... a worker was seldom so much annoyed by what he got as by what he got in relation to his fellow workers.

... every experience in life enriches one's background and should teach valuable lessons.

One of the baffling things about life is that the purposes of institutions may be ideal, while their administration, dependent upon the faults and weaknesses of human beings, may be bad.

Men's minds must be free, and that means the minds of all, not the minds of a select few.

Only the previous day, Arch had found him in a spirit-dance corral, blistering the creatures to the point of death, such was his need to touch and destroy.

Time is standing still, but we are running away from it and complaining that time is slipping away from us.

Stars are born out of dark moments.

Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite.

Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.

The magic of compounding interest is truly the eighth wonder of the world!

The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.

Those who seek for something more than happiness in this world must not complain if happiness is not their portion.

Worry is a direct consequence of relying on your own efforts.