Society and the World

What do we live for if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?

The best-educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.

The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.

To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice.

Reason deceives us; conscience, never.

It is not the man who has too little who is poor, but the one who craves more.

In the long run men hit only what they aim at.

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent.

A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent.

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait until the other is ready.

Man loves company—even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

The great tragedies of history occur not when right confronts wrong but when two rights confront each other.

The great tragedies of history occur not when right confronts wrong but when two rights confront each other.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.

It was the same with those old birds in Greece and Rome as it is now. The only thing new in the world is the history you don’t know.

The history of every country begins in the heart of a man or a woman.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine.