Men who think in lifetimes are of little use to statesmanship.

Ignorance is not an extension of time

Nothing endures, nothing is precise and certain (except the mind of a pedant), perfection is the mere repudiation of that ineluctable marginal inexactitude which is the mysterious inmost quality of Being

The crying sounded even louder out of doors. It was as if all the pain in the world had found a voice

Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write!

Strength is the outcome of need.

Looking at these stars suddenly dwarfed my own troubles and all the gravities of terrestrial life. I thought of their unfathomable distance, and the slow inevitable drift of their movements out of the unknown past into the unknown future.