The stars are not so strange as the mind that studies them, analyzes their light, and measures their distance.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

Happiness is not mostly pleasure, it is mostly victory.

Friends are necessary to a happy life. When friendship deserts us, we are as helpless as a ship left by the tide high upon the shore. When friendship returns to us, it's as though the tide came back, giving us buoyancy and freedom.

I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.

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

No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.