Literature is my Utopia

The simplest way to be happy is to do good.

Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.

Rebuffed, but always persevering; self-reproached, but ever regaining faith; undaunted, tenacious, the heart of man labors toward immeasurably distant goals.

More than at any other time, when I hold a beloved book in my hand my limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.

Optimism, then, is a fact within my own heart. But as I look out upon life, my heart meets no contradiction. The outward world justifies my inward universe of good.

When one comes to think of it, there are no such things as divine, immutable, or inalienable rights. Rights are things we get when we are strong enough to make good our claim on them.