One must have the adventurous daring to accept oneself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the most interesting game in the world -- making the most of one's best.

It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.

God has put within our lives meanings and possibilities that quite outrun the limits of mortality.

Picture yourself vividly as winning, and that alone will contribute immeasurably to success.

Falsehood is never better than truth, theft better than honesty, treachery better than loyalty, cowardice better than courage.

...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio is an amazing invention. Yet now that it is here, one suspects that Hitler never could have consolidated his totalitarian control over Germany without its use. One never can tell what hands will reach out to lay hold on scientific gifts, or to what employment they will be put. Ever the old barbarian emerges, destructively using the new civilization.

No character is ultimately tested until it has suffered.