It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.

Successful action tends to become an end in itself

Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.

In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.