A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.

In order for a man to feel whole, he needs someone to look up to and someone to look up to him.

Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful.

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.