They wanted facts. Facts! They demanded facts from him, as if facts could explain anything.

For the great mass of mankind, the only saving grace needed is a steady fidelity to what is nearest to hand and heart for the short moment of each human effort.

I take it that what all men are really after is some form or perhaps only some formula of peace.

What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it.

The conquest of the earth... is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much. What redeems it is the idea only... not a sentimental presence but an idea.

Strength is just an accident arising from the weakness of others.

The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.

Nothing lays itself open to the charge of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like—but everybody enjoys.