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 until he has both an ability and a willingness to see himself as one among… — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
The average citizen expresses pride in the American Bill of Rights and then seeks to protect his real estate by restrictive covenants. — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill. It is in fact the consuming illness of our time. — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
I may safely predict that the education of the future will be inventive-minded. It will believe so profoundly in the high value of the… — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
Goodness is a special kind of truth and beauty. It is truth and beauty in human behavior. — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
A person remains immature, whatever his age, as long as he thinks of himself as an exception to the human race. — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
Newspapers have developed what might be called a vested interest in catastrophe. If they can spot a fight, they play up that fight. If… — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
Sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, and love belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby… — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
Recreation is not a secondary concern for a democracy. It is a primary concern, for the kind of recreation a people make for themselves… — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
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… — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
Better a dish of illusion and a hearty appetite for life than a feast of reality and indigestion therewith. — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
The happiest thing that can be said about democracy... is that it is one of the few systems that has been willing to risk… — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
The secret of all true persuasion is to induce the person to persuade himself. — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
The very essence of all power to influence lies in getting the other person to participate. The mind that can do that has a… — Harry Allen Overstreet Copy Share Image
