Mankind which began in a cave and behind a windbreak will end in the disease-soaked ruins of a slum.

One believes in Stephen Dedalus as one believes in few characters in fiction.

Books-bright windows in this life of ours, lit by the shining souls of men.

Christ is the most unique person of history. No man can write a history of the human race without giving first and foremost place to the penniless Teacher of Nazareth.

Nothing could have been more obvious to the people of the early twentieth century than the rapidity with which war was becoming impossible. And as certainly they did not see it. They did not see it until the atomic bombs burst in their fumbling hands.

Room to swing a cat, it seemed was absolutely essential. It was an infrequent but indispensable operation.

There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile.