Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.

Extreme hopes are born of extreme misery, and in such a world hopes could only be irrational.

The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widely spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.

Why repeat the old errors, if there are so many new errors to commit?

In human relations one should penetrate to the core of loneliness in each person and speak to that.

Man needs, for his happiness, not only the enjoyment of this or that, but hope and enterprise and change.

To a modern mind, it is difficult to feel enthusiastic about a virtuous life if nothing is going to be achieved by it.