A person remains immature, whatever his age, as long as he thinks of himself as an exception to the human race.

- Harry Allen Overstreet

The happiest thing that can be said about democracy... is that it is one of the few systems that has been willing to risk a long period of confusion …

- Harry Allen Overstreet

To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is in fact the consuming illness of our time.

- Harry Allen Overstreet

One of the most important phases of maturing is that of growth from self-centering to an understanding relationship to others. A person is not mature…

- Harry Allen Overstreet

The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.

- Harry Allen Overstreet

The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate. The mind that can do that has a powerful leverage on his …

- Harry Allen Overstreet

If minds are truly alive they will seek out books, for books are the human race recounting its memorable experiences, confronting its problems, searc…

- Harry Allen Overstreet

Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight, they play up that fight. If they can uncov…

- Harry Allen Overstreet

Recreation is not a secondary concern for a democracy. It is a primary concern, for the kind of recreation a people make for themselves determines th…

- Harry Allen Overstreet