To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problem of contentment.

A writer is justly called 'universal' when he is understood within the limits of his civilization, though that be bounded by a country or an age.

What holy cities are to nomadic tribes — a symbol of race and a bond of union — great books are to the wandering souls of men: they are the Meccas of the mind.

Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire, the next morning you will have a flat tire.

The willingness to take risks is our grasp of faith.

Always begin anew with the day, just as nature does. It is one of the sensible things that nature does.

If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.