Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

You have to be very rich or very poor to live without a trade.

After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.

To cut short this question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate only between two individuals of whom one is absolutely innocent and the other absolutely guilty. The victim, to be sure, is innocent. But can the society that is supposed to represent the victim lay claim to innocence?

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives... inside ourselves.

I do not want to believe that death is the gateway to another life. For me, it is a closed door. I do not say it is a step we must all take, but that it is a horrible and dirty adventure.

I had the whole sky in my eyes and it was blue and gold.