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

War is, we have been forced to admit, even in the face of its huge place in our civilization, an asocial trait.

The peoples of the earth are one family.

The heavier our bodies, the higher our will, our spirit, rises above them.' 'The wearier we are, the more splendid the training.

In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails, why should one condemn oneself to live day-in, day-out with people one does not like, and sell oneself to chaperone and correct them?

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

I have always used the world of make-believe with a certain desperation.