It Is Well Known That

We Are Becoming A Nation Of Sissies And Hypochondriacs, A Self Medicating Society Easily Intimidated By Pain And Prone To Panic. We Understand Almost Nothing About The Essential Robustness Of The Human Body Or Its Ability To Meet The Challenge Of Illness.

The Main Trouble With Despair Is That It Is Self-fulfilling. People Who Fear The Worst Tend To Invite It. Heads That Are Down Can't Scan The Horizon For New Openings. Bursts Of Energy Do Not Spring From A Spirit Of Defeat. Ultimately, Helplessness Leads To Hopelessness.

To Talk About The Need For Perfection In Man Is To Talk About The Need For Another Species. The Essence Of Man Is Imperfection. Imperfection And Blazing Contradictions-between Mixed Good And Evil, Altruism And Selfishness, Cooperativeness And Combativeness, Optimism And Fatalism, Affirmation And Negation.

All Men - Whether They Go By The Name Of Americans Or Russians Or Chinese Or British Or Malayans Or Indians Or Africans - Have Obligations To One Another That Transcend Their Obligations To Their Sovereign Societies.

Governments Are Not Built To Perceive Large Truths. Only People Can Perceive Great Truths. Governments Specialize In Small And Intermediate Truths. They Have To Be Instructed By Their People In Great Truths.