... can life be made undignified by any act of man?

To be a Jew is to be strong with a strength that has outlived persecutions. It is to be wise against ignorance, honest against piracy, harmless against evil, kind against cruelty

That a Jew is despised or persecuted is bad for him, of course-but far worse for the Christian who does it-for although persecuted he can remain a good Jew-whereas no Christian who persecutes can possibly remain-if he ever was one-a good Christian.

... what most people tell you a confidence for is to get something off their chest which hasn't really been on it. They don't necessarily want to hide the truth from you, but they're out to hide it from themselves

Death deceives relations often, and doctors sometimes, but the patient - never.

We cannot alter facts, but we can alter our ways of looking at them.

Personally, I think it's a good way to let a child start right in with the laws of Nature before he's old enough to be surprised at them.