The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same.
Far too often the choices reality proposes are such as to take away one's taste for choosing.
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
Prerequisite for rereadability in books: that they be forgettable.