- A theory must be tempered with reality.
- Action itself, so long as I am convinced that it is right action, gives me satisfaction.]
- Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
- Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.
- Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.
- Every little thing counts in a crisis.
- Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
- Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
- Great causes and little men go ill together.
- It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say.