Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that is where I renew my springs that never dry up.

God is not in the vastness of greatness. He is hid in the vastness of smallness . He is not in the general. He is in the particular.

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

As for New York City, it is a place apart. There is not its match in any other country in the world.

The boundary between civilization and barbarism is difficult to draw: put one ring in your nose and you are a savage, put two rings in your ears and you are civilized.

Every event has had its cause, and nothing, not the least wind that blows, is accident or causeless.

Only people who are assured of daily food can concern themselves with matters of principle and ethic. A man will become a slave rather than starve.