Date of birth: 1917-09-14
Date of death: 1986-12-08
Quotes number: 37
Nationality: American
Profession: Journalist
A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.
Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.
An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.
Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.
Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time.
Happiness is a direction, not a place.
If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?
Ignorance per se is not nearly as dangerous as ignorance of ignorance.
Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.
