It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.

It is better to learn early of the inevitable depths, for then sorrow and death can take their proper place in life, and one is not afraid.

A knowledge of history as detailed as possible is essential if we are to comprehend the present and be prepared for the future. Fate...is not the blind superstition or helplessness that waits stupidly for what may happen. Fate is unalterable only in the sense that given a cause, a certain result must follow, but no cause is inevitable in itself, and man can shape his world if he does not resign himself to ignorance.

There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream -- whatever that dream might be.

There is, of course, a difference between what one seizes and what one really possesses.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

It is better not to say "lend." There is only giving.