The word communist, of course, has become a rallying cry for certain people here just as the word Jew was in Hitler's Germany, a way of arousing emotion without engendering thought.

Anger is one letter short of danger.

Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying attention to you.

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

Philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes.

Life has got to be lived - that's all there is to it. At seventy, I would say the advantage is that you take life more calmly. You know that 'this, too, shall pass!'

the greatest luxury I know is sitting up reading in bed.