Each of us has... all the time there is. Those years, weeks, hours, are the sands in the glass running swiftly away. To let them drift through our fingers is tragic waste. To use them to the hilt, making them count for something, is the beginning of wisdom.

When all is said and done, and statesmen discuss the future of the world, the fact remains that people fight these wars.

It is impossible to be a cynic if you live a good deal with young people. Fundamentally, every young person has a feeling that the future is going to hold something of value.

practically nothing we do ever stands by itself. If it is good, it will serve some good purpose in the future. If it is evil, it may haunt us and handicap our efforts in unimagined ways.

I never thought of achievement. I just did what came along for me to do - the thing that gave me the most pleasure.

Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.

I have a great objection to seeing anyone, particularly anyone whom I care about, lose his self-control.