Man lives by habits indeed, but what he lives for is thrill and excitements. ... From time immemorial war has been ... the supremely thrilling excitement.
Habit is a second nature, or rather, it is 'ten times nature'.
That which is most personal, is most interesting.
Religion . . . shall mean for us the feelings, acts and experiences of individual men in their solitude.
a man does not cry because he is sad, he is sad because he cries
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.