I hold we cannot be said to be aware of our minds save under responsibility.

When God loves a creature he wants the creature to know the highest happiness and the deepest misery ... He wants him to know all that being alive can bring. That is his best gift.... There is no happiness save in understanding the whole.

I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see a new play that would engross me.

I am my own judge of what truths I shall tell. The truth can do just as much harm as a lie.

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.

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way.

Leadership is for those who love the public good and are endowed and trained to administer it.