... a fellow can't predict what he will pick up in the form of influence.

Ninety per cent of life is a nightmare, do you think I am going to get it rounded up to hundred per cent?

... an era of turmoil and ideological confusion, the principal phenomenon of the present age.

I'm glad I haven't lived in vain.

In the history of the world many souls have been, are, and will be, and with a little reflection this is marvelous and not depressing. Many jerks are made gloomy about it, for they think quantity buries them alive. That's just crazy. Numbers are very dangerous, but the main thing about them is that they humble your pride. And that's good.

Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living. But the over-examined life makes you wish you were dead. Given the alternative, I'd rather be living.

To tell the truth I never had it so good. But I lacked the strength of character to bear such joy.