Only those within whose own consciousness the sun rise and set, the leaves burgeon and wither, can be said to be aware of what living is.

The snow itself is lonely or, if you prefer, self-sufficient. There is no other time when the whole world seems composed of one thing and one thing only.

Poetry, mythology, and religion represent the world as man would like to have it, while science represents the world as he gradually comes to discover it.

Anxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man's existence.

Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.

Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had.

It is sometimes easier to head an institute for the study of child guidance than it is to turn one brat into a decent human being.