There is one bit of advice given us by the ancient Greeks, and by the Jews in the Old Testament, and by the great Christian teachers of the Middle Ages, which the modern economic system has completely disobeyed. All these people told us not to lend money at interest; and lending money at interest - what we call investment - is the basis of our whole system.

Hell begins with a grumbling mood, always complaining, always blaming others.

If God had granted all the silly prayers I've made in my life, where should I be now?

The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive.

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains.

The humblest praise most, while cranks & malcontents praise least. Praise almost seems to be inner health made audible

But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem, I see with a myriad eyes, but it is still I who see. Here, as in worship, in love, in moral action, and in knowing, I transcend myself; and am never more myself than when I do.