Lord, grant that my work increase knowledge and help other men. Failing that, Lord, grant that it will not lead to man’s destruction. Failing that, Lord, grant that my article in Brain be published before the destruction takes place.

Why is it that one can look at a lion or a planet or an owl or at someone's finger as long as one pleases, but looking into the eyes of another person is, if prolonged past a second, a perilous affair?

Nobody but a Southerner knows the wrenching rinsing sadness of the cities of the North.

Peace is only better than war when it's not hell too. War being hell makes sense.

Where there is chance of gain, there is also chance of loss. Whenever one courts great happiness, one also risks malaise.

In this world, goodness is destined to be defeated.

It is not merely the truth of science that makes it beautiful, but its simplicity.