The future is unknowable, but the past should give us hope.
Nourish your hopes, but do not overlook realities.
It is a great mistake to suppose that thrift is caused only by fear; it springs from hope as well as from fear; where there is no hope, be sure there will be no thrift.
I cannot but think we have much to be thankful for, and more still to hope for in the future.
We see nothing but good and hope in a richer, freer, more contented European commonalty. But we have our own dreams and our own task. We are with Europe, but not of it. We are linked, but not comprised. We are interested and associated, but not absorbed.
Victory is only wrested by running risks.
The United States is a land of free speech. Nowhere is speech freer – not even here where we sedulously cultivate it even in its most repulsive form.
There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as author I would not recommend too strict an adherence to this saying.
I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma: but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest.
Everyone can recognize history when it happens. Everyone can recognize history after is has happened; but only the wise man knows at the moment what is vital and permanent, what is lasting and memorable.
When you leave off dreaming, the universe ceases to exist.
The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.
When they told me that by the year 2100 women would rule the world, my reply was ‘Still?’
A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be.
There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king.
Plans are worthless. Planning is priceless.
The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all modern wars in the utter ruthlessness with which it was fought.
One man with conviction will overwhelm a hundred who have only opinions.
Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely.