by thinking, nobody can ever get worse but will only get better.

Thinking about the suffering of those you hold dear can reduce you to tears; in fact, you could spend the whole day crying.

I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and capitalists alone, are guilty of war. Oh no, the little man is just as guilty, otherwise the peoples of the world would have risen in revolt long ago!

I wish to go on living even after my death.

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.

Don't be too assuming, it doesn't get you anywhere.

What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.