True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self, but the point is not only to get out - you must stay out; and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand

I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.

The finer natures were those that shone at the larger times.

It is, I think, an indisputable fact that Americans are, as Americans, the most self-conscious people in the world, and the most addicted to the belief that the other nations are in a conspiracy to under-value them

Our CERT is capable of being self-sufficient for 72 hours.

As catastrophic as a nuclear attack would be, it would be self-contained.