Marya Mannes

“For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may well be because they have never been alone with themselves.”

“The curse of the romantic is a greed for dreams, an intensity of expectation that, in the end, diminishes the reality.”

“In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.”

“The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.”

“In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.”

“It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere.”

“It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.”