The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

It is not wealth, it is not station, it is not social standing and ambition which can make us worthy of the Jewish name, of the Jewish heritage. To be worthy of them, we must live up to and with them. We must regard ourselves their custodians.

The most important political office is that of the private citizen.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.

If you are striving to have more happiness in your life, it helps to guide your mind towards starting to recognize what are selfish motivations and what are constructive motivations.

For me, the only sources of moral values are the pursuit of understanding and the pursuit of happiness.

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all.