How terrifying and glorious the role of man if, indeed, without guidance and without consolation he must create from his own vitals the meaning for his existence and write the rules whereby he lives.

Every person who has ever lived has lived an unbroken succession of unique occasions.

I not only bow to the inevitable; I am fortified by it.

That's the advantage of having lived sixty-five years. You don't feel the need to be impatient any longer.

The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.

The difference between a little money and no money at all is enormous-and can shatter the world. And the difference between a little money and an enormous amount of money is very slight-and that, also, can shatter the world.

People a thousand years from now - this is the way we were in the provinces north of New York at the beginning of the 20th century. This is the way we were: in our growing up and in our marrying and in our living and in our living and in our dying.