Educated People Do Indeed Speak The Same

The Materialistic Idealism That Governs American Life, That On The One Hand Makes A Chariot Of Every Grocery Wagon, And On The Other A Mere Hitching Post Of Every Star, Lets Every Man Lead A Very Enticing Double Life.

Many People Today Don't Want Honest Answers Insofar As Honest Means Unpleasant Or Disturbing, They Want A Soft Answer That Turneth Away Anxiety.

This Is, I Think, Very Much The Age Of Anxiety, The Age Of The Neurosis, Because Along With So Much That Weighs On Our Minds There Is Perhaps Even More That Grates On Our Nerves.

Ours Must Be The First Age Whose Great Goal, On A Nonmaterial Plane, Is Not Fulfillment But Adjustment; And Perhaps Just Such A Goal Has Served As Maladjustment's Weapon.

With Intellectuals, Moral Thought Is Often Less A Tonic That Quickens Ethical Action Than A Narcotic That Deadens It.