Only as a grand gesture of defeat will men creep into the arms of the state and seek refuge in its power rather than their own courage.

- Henry Wriston

Those who misrepresent the normal experiences of life, who decry being controversial, who shun risk, are the enemies of the American way of life, wha…

- Henry Wriston

Among all the tragic consequences of depression and war, this suppression of personal self-expression through one's life work is among the most poign…

- Henry Wriston

If peace is to come, it must be peace within your own mind and heart. If hatred is to die, you must scotch it within yourself. If intelligence is to …

- Henry Wriston

A guidance counselor who has made a fetish of security, or who has unwittingly surrendered his thinking to economic determinism, may steer a youth aw…

- Henry Wriston

The problem of abolishing want is not a problem in division, as the politicians so often aver; it is a problem of multiplication.

- Henry Wriston