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Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.

The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

Tradition is the illusion of permanance.

We are a party of innovation. We do not reject our traditions, but we are willing to adapt to changing circumstances, when change we must. We are willing to suffer the discomfort of change in order to achieve a better future.

Knowledge has value only insofar as it contributes to the all-round development of the whole nature of man.

The fact that tradition hinders the individual savage from thinking logically by no means proves that he cannot think logically.

Great changes cannot take place in the minds of generations of men without a corresponding change in their external symbols. There must be a harmony between the inner and the outward condition of human beings, and the progress of the one must keep pace with the progress of the other.

In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized.

We imagine that human nature doesn't change. We like to say that but I don't think it's true because we have, in the course of the centuries, altered ourselves.

The value of a man is in his intrinsic qualities: in that of which power cannot strip him and which adverse fortune cannot take away. That for which he is indebted to circumstances is mere trapping and tinsel.