The secret of all true persuasion is to induce the person to persuade himself. - 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
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 the kind of people they become and the kind of society they build. - Harry Allen Overstreet
The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through. - 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 until he has both an ability and a willingness to see himself as one among others and to do unto those others as he would have them do to him. - 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 uncover a tragedy, they will headline that tragedy. - Harry Allen Overstreet