…there's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the only means of fighting a plague is - common decency.

The aim of art, the aim of a life can only be to increase the sum of freedom and responsibility to be found in every man and in the world. It cannot, under any circumstances, be to reduce or suppress that freedom, even temporarily.

A fate is not a punishment.

the one who doesnt play, doesnt win anything, but he actually looses somehting, {playing}

My chief occupation, despite appearances, has always been love.

In short, they were gambling on their luck, and luck is not to be coerced.

We do not know how to eliminate evil, but we do know how to feed some of the hungry and heal some of the infirmed.