Modern Man is the victim of the very instruments he values most. Every gain in power, every mastery of natural forces, every scientific addition to knowledge, has proved potentially dangerous, because it has not been accompanied by equal gains in self understanding and self discipline.
discipline
I would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, This man was an absolute fool. None of the disastrous things that he reluctantly predicted ever came to pass
Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.
The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does
art science
By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged classes in earlier civilizations have ever fathomed
boredom
New York is the perfect model of a city, not the model of a perfect city.
cities newyork
A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.
courage man weapon weapons
Don't take the will for the deed; get the deed
deed
The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.
democracy government people
The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood
earth humanity
Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers
family generations
Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities.
food travel
What was once called the objective world is a sort of Rorschach ink blot, into which each culture, each system of science and religion, each type of personality, reads a meaning only remotely derived from the shape and color of the blot itself
goals world
One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence
intelligence
Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training.
art failure life trials