“The higher the general average of intelligence, all things else being equal, the less the disposition to be meddlesome, critical, and overbearing.”

“In the clashes between ignorance and intelligence, ignorance is generally the aggressor.”

“If there ever was a militant religion, it was that of early New England.”

“One's religion is one's own possession and he has a right to it.”

“Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall.”

“Personality has power to uplift, power to depress, power to curse, and power to bless.”

“We kill all the caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies.”

“Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.”

“You can be used by someone for their aims when you are not aware of your true being”

“I know a man who drives 600 yards to work. I know a woman who gets in her car to go a quarter of a mile to a college gymnasium to walk on a treadmill, then complains passionately about the difficul...”

“Go for the hum.”

“Of the big five factors in happinessflexible schedule, imagination, diet, exercise, and sleepmy pick for the most important is exercise.”

“The time to hesitate is through.”

“A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.”