“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.”
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In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.
In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude.
If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.
Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.