Necessity may not be the opposite of freedom, and perhaps a man is most free when, instead of producing motives, he could only say, "I am what I do.

A man is never so proud as when striking an attitude of humility.

And for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only one sees we call a dream. But things that many see may have no taste or moment in them at all, and things that are shown only to one may be spears and water-spouts of truth from the very depth of truth.

Never use abstract nouns when concrete ones will do. If you mean “More people died” don’t say “Mortality rose.

God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than He is of any other slacker.

If God were a Kantian, who would not have us till we came to Him from the purest and best motives, who could be saved?

Safety and happiness can only come from individuals, classes, and nations being honest and fair and kind to each other.