Will is stronger than fact: it can mold and overcome fact.

Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. The best of life, Passworthy, lies nearest to the edge of death.

We have learned now that we cannot regard this planet as being fenced in and a secure abiding place for Man we can never anticipate the unseen good or evil that may come upon us suddenly out of space.

I saw a gray-haired man a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing.

In all ages, far back into prehistory, we find human beings have painted and adorned themselves.

I went over the heads of the things a man reckons desirable. No doubt invisibility made it possible to get them, but it made it impossible to enjoy them when they are got.

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.