No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

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

Every failure can be considered as a tragedy or a chance to learn something. The latter is healthier

No man is the whole of himself; his friends are the rest of him.

We must take the abiding spiritual values which inhere in the deep experiences of religion in all ages and give them new expression in terms of the framework which our new knowledge gives us. Science forces religion to deal with new ideas in the theoretical realm and new forces in the practical realm.

All intelligent faith in God has behind it a background of humble agnosticism.

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.