Christianity is not a "spiritual" religion, like some religions of the east. It is an intensely "practical" religion, having its moral roots in the practicality of judaism. It was not designed to change the way men think or believe as much as to change the way they act.

History repeats itself, but in such cunning disguise that we never detect the resemblance until the damage is done.

Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.

What is much harder to handle is the sense that you have to live up to the mark someone else has set for you. The grades become too important, the competition too frantic, the fear of disappointing those who believe in you turns into an overwhelming nightmare.

We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we have stopped saying 'It got lost,' and say, 'I lost it.'

Sometimes the best, and only effective, way to kill an idea is to put it into practice.

Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with a lady.