Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot get along as an artist without the use of one or two sciences. ... In my view, the great and complicated things that go on in the world cannot be adequately recognized by people who do not use every possible aid to understanding.

Don't tell me peace has broken out.

One must live well to know what living is.

We attacked a foreign people and treated them like rebels. As you know, it's all right to treat barbarians barbarically. It's the desire to be barbaric that makes governments call their enemies barbarians.

The righteous one has no sense of humor.

Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.

You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured.