“If we all got over ourselves; there’d be no greatness, we’d all cease to strive”
“In a controversy, the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.”
“We are all great alchemists. We distil ourselves over and over again.”
“A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy.”
“What have we all got to expect that we allow ourselves to be so lined with disappointment?”
“Without humor, we’d all be what we’re laughing at. Without arrogance, we’d be humiliated to admit we already are.”