We shall all of us die, so why should I grudge a little trouble?

Happiness is in your ability to love others.

The struggle with evil by means of violence is the same as an attempt to stop a cloud, in order that there may be no rain.

I have discovered nothing new; I have only perceived what I already knew.

In the evolution of knowledge-mistaken and unnecessary beliefs are forced out and supplanted by truer and more necessary knowledge. So too in the evolution of feelings, which takes place by means of art. Lower feelings-less kind and less needed for the good of humanity-are forced out and replaced by kinder feelings which better serve us individually and collectively. This is the purpose of art.

Good fiction doesn't come out of the basic conflict of good versus bad. Instead, it comes out of a conflict between good and good.

And the angel said - "I have learned that every man lives not through care of himself, but by love".