There is probably nothing more sublime than discontent transmuted into a work of art, a scientific discovery, and so on.

When the Greeks said, Whom the gods love die young, they probably meant, as Lord Sankey suggested, that those favored by the gods stay young till the day they die; young and playful.

A man's worth is what he is divided by what he thinks he is.

To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness.

We can never really be prepared for that which is wholly new. We have to adjust ourselves, and every radical adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem: we undergo a test, we have to prove ourselves. It needs subordinate self-confidence to face drastic change without inner trembling.

Free men are aware of the imperfection inherent in human affairs, and they are willing to fight and die for that which is not perfect.