. . . work even when I'm satisfied with it is never my child I love nor my servant I've brought to heel. It's always busy work I do with my left hand, and part of me watches grudging the wastes of a lifetime.

The trouble is not that we are never happy-it is that happiness is so episodical.

The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists.

Culture is not a biologically transmitted complex

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

We grow in time to trust the future for our answers.

Virtue begins when we dedicate ourselves actively to the job of gratitude.