I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to be - that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not understand.

Liberty is often a heavy burden on a man. It involves the necessity for perpetual choice which is the kind of labor men have always dreaded.

The preacher's garment is cut according to the pattern of that of the hearers, for the most part.

The mark of a civilized man is his willingness to re-examine his most cherished beliefs.

No generalization is wholly true—not even this one.

I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.

I think it not improbable that man, like the grub that prepares a chamber for the winged thing it never has seen but is to be - that man may have cosmic destinies that he does not understand.