Italy, and the spring and first love all together should suffice to make the gloomiest person happy.

When the journey from means to end is not too long, the means themselves are enjoyed if the end is ardently desired.

Plato has dramatic strength ... but is quite unaware of the strength of the argument against his position ... and allows himself to be grossly unfair in arguing against it.

The evolution of our spirit is blazed on the dark background of eternity by our individual wakes. Every person can, if he/she wishes, leave a more or less brilliant wake behind them.

I am compelled to fear that science will be used to promote the power of dominant groups rather than to make men happy.

One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.

In our complex world, there cannot be fruitful initiative without government, but unfortunately there can be government without initiative.