A man's opinions are generally of much more value than his arguments.

Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith.

If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I wouldn't pass it around. Wouldn't be doing anybody a favor. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don't say embrace trouble. That's as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say, meet it as a friend, for you'll see a lot of it and had better be on speaking terms with it.

Systems die; instincts remain.

Research and writing are lonely occupations. It is easy to become discouraged in solitary confinement.

If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end.

The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.