The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances.

Religion is caught, not taught.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

Each generation takes a special pleasure in removing the household gods of its parents from their pedestals, and consigning them to the cupboard.

For better or worse, man is the tool-using animal, and as such he has become the lord of creation. When he is lord also of himself, he will deserve his self-chosen title homo sapiens.

Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.