My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind.

Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life.

Life, with all it's sorrows, cares, perplexities and heart-breaks, is more interesting than bovine placidity, hence more desirable. The more interesting it is, the happier it is.

There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York.

I do not know how wicked American millionaires are, but as I travel about and see the results of their generosity in the form of hospitals, churches, public libraries, universities, parks, recreation grounds, art museums and theatres I wonder what on earth we should do without them.