Many of the men who had come to the wilderness to practice religion appeared to have forgotten its true nature.

a successful politician does not have convictions; he has emotions.

I am inclined to believe that a man may be free to do anything he pleases if only he will accept responsibility for whatever he does.

Life may take away happiness. But it can't take away having had it.

There wouldn't be half as much fun in the world if it weren't for children and men, and there ain't a mite of difference between them under the skins.

you could have forgiven my committing a sin if you hadn't feared that I had a committed a pleasure as well.

No matter how vital experience might be while you lived it, no sooner was it ended and dead than it became as lifeless as the piles of dry dust in a school history book.