Men Demand Everything And Are Not Satisfied

We Put [young Children] Into Kindergarten Where Their Reasoning Powers Are Ruined; Or, If We Can Afford It, We Buy Montessori Outfits That Were Invented For Semi-imbeciles In Italian Slums; Or We Send Them To Outdoor Schools And Give Them Prizes For Sleeping.

The Very Notion Of Tabu Is One Of The Rightest Notions In The World. Better Any Old Tabu Than None, For A Man Cannot Be Said To Be"on The Side Of The Stars" At All, Unless He Makes Refusals.

Successful Socialism Depends On The Perfectibility Of Man. Unless All, Or Nearly All, Men Are High-minded And Clear-sighted, It Isbound To Be A Rotten Failure In Any But A Physical Sense. Even Through It Is Altruism, Socialism Means Materialism. You Can Guarantee The Things Of The Body To Every One, But You Cannot Guarantee The Things Of The Spirit To Every One; You Can Guarantee Only That The Opportunity To Seek Them Shall Not Be Denied To Any One Who Chooses To Seek Them.

Educational Legislation Nowadays Is Largely In The Hands Of Illiterate People, And The Illiterate Will Take Good Care That Their Illiteracy Is Not Made A Reproach On Them.

The Principle Of Fashion Is . . . The Principle Of The Kaleidoscope. A New Year Can Only Bring Us A New Combination Of The Same Elements; And About Once In So Often We Go Back And Begin Again.