The God of the Puritans...was a monster too horrible to contemplate.

When I look up into the starry heavens at night and reflect upon what it is I really see there, I am constrained to say, ´there is no god´.

The secret of happiness is something to do.

The life of nature we must meet halfway; it is shy, withdrawn, and blends itself with a vast neutral background. We must be initiated; it is an order the secrets of which are well guarded.

We are made strong by what we overcome.

I think rain is as necessary to the mind as to vegetation. My very thoughts become thirsty, and crave the moisture.

There are nine countries in the world that have nuclear weapons. There are about 27,000 nuclear weapons total on the planet. The countries that have nuclear weapons deploy them ready for use and have doctrines saying that they would use them in certain circumstances.