Butterflies are not insects,' Captain John Sterling said soberly. 'They are self-propelled flowers.

Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people.

Learning . . . is - also an end in itself.

It is impossible for anyone to be responsible for another person's behavior. The most you or any leader can do is to encourage each one to be responsible for himself.

It was better to live with disappointment and frustration than to live without hope.

A religion is a source of happiness and I would not deprive anyone of happiness. But it is a comfort appropriate for the weak, not for the strong--and you are strong. The great trouble with religion--any religion--is that the religionist, having accepted certain propositions by faith, cannot thereafter judge these propositions by evidence. One may bask at the warm fire of faith or choose to live in the bleak uncertainty of reason--but one cannot have both.

Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin.