Self-pity gets you nowhere. But insight to see that something can be done with the second-bests and adventurous daring to try might be a handle to take hold of.

Every year the inventions of science weave more inextricably the web that binds man to man, group to group, nation to nation.

Of all mad faiths maddest is the faith that we can get rid of faith.

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

When you hear a person say, "I hate," adding the name of some race, nation, religion, or social class, you are dealing with a belated mind. That person may dress like a modern, ride in an automobile, listen to the radio, but his or her mind is properly dated about 1000 B.C.

One could almost phrase the motto of our modern civilization thus: Science is my shepherd; I shall not want.

In the foothills of the Himalayas, one hears the prayer: "Oh Lord, we know not what is good for us. You know what it is. For it we pray."