All men matter. You matter. I matter. It's the hardest thing in theology to believe.

Meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain. Meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure.

The power which makes a man able to entertain a good impulse is the same as that which enables him to make a good gun; it is imagination.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

We should thank God for beer and burgundy by not drinking too much of them.

An almost unnatural vigilance is really required of the citizen because of the horrible rapidity with which human institutions grow old.

Comradeship is obvious and universal and open; but it is only one kind of affection; it has characteristics that would destroy any other kind. Anyone who has known true comradeship in a club or in a regiment, knows that it is impersonal.