Life is stronger than death.

None but the ignorant can be bored by life. To the lovers of learning, life is pure adventure shared with adventurers.

Love dies only when growth stops.

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.

Never, if you can possibly help it, write a novel. It is, in the first place, a thoroughly unsocial act. It makes one obnoxious to one's family and to one's friends. One sits about for many weeks, months, even years, in the worst cases, in a state of stupefaction.

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

Once the 'what' is decided, the 'how' always follows. We must not make the 'how' an excuse for not facing and accepting the 'what.'