Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.

A person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.

The all but unanimous judgment seems to be that we, the democracies, are just as responsible for the rise of the dictators as the dictatorships themselves, and perhaps more so.

It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free.

Granted the endless variations of moral customs, still the essential standards persist. As in a scientific laboratory, all else may change but the standards are unalterable- disinterested love of truth, fidelity to facts, accuracy in measurement, exactness of verification-so, in life as a whole, the towering ethical criteria remain unshaken. Falsehood is never better than truth, theft better than than honesty, treachery better than loyalty, cowardice better than courage.

God is not a cosmic bellboy for whom we can press a button to get things.

I hate war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatreds it arouses.