If we examine every stage of our lives, we find that from our first breath to our last we are under the constraint of circumstances. And yet we still possess the greatest of all freedoms, the power of developing our innermost selves in harmony with the moral order of the universe, and so winning peace of heart whatever obstacles we meet.

The world cannot do without great men, but great men are very troublesome to the world.

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.

The deepest, the only theme of human history, compared to which all others are of subordinate importance, is the conflict of skepticism with faith.

A useless life is an early death.

I wish the stage were as narrow as the wire of a tighrope dancer so that no incompetent would dare step upon it.

When you lose interest in anything, you also lose the memory for it.