A rational man acting in the real world may be defined as one who decides where he will strike a balance between what he desires and what can be done.

The size of a man's income has considerable effect on his access to the world beyond his neighborhood. With money he can overcome almost every tangible obstacle of communication, he can travel, buy books and periodicals, and bring within the range of his attention almost any known fact of the world.

A more conscious life is one in which a man is conscious not only of what he sees, but of the prejudices with which he sees it.

All men desire their own perfect adjustment, but they desire it, being finite men, on their own terms.

The wiser a man is, it seems to me, the more vividly he can see the future as part of the evolving present. He doesn't break the flow of life, he directs it, hastens it, but preserves its continuity.

The true speech of man is idiomatic, if not of the earth and sky, then at least of the saloon and the bleachers.

Men can know more than their ancestors did if they start with a knowledge of what their ancestors had already learned....That is why a society can be progressive only if it conserves its traditions.

A man cannot be a good doctor and keep telephoning his broker between patients nor a good lawyer with his eye on the ticker.

Franklin D. Roosevelt is no crusader. He is no tribune of the people. He is no enemy of entrenched privilege. He is a pleasant man who, without any important qualifications for the office, would very much like to be President.