...as I apprehend the Buddhist doctrine of karma, I agree in principle with that.

... A rule of thinking which would absolutely prevent me from acknowledging certain kinds of truth if those ... truths were really there, would be an irrational rule.

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed. which give happiness. Thomas Jefferson We never enjoy perfect happiness; our most fortunate successes are mingled with sadness; some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satisfaction.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

Science can tell us what exists; but to compare the worths, both of what exists and of what does not exist, we must consult not science, but what Pascal calls our heart.

The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.

Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that assures the successful outcome of any venture.