But questioning does not mean the end of loving, and loving does not mean the abnegation of intelligence

When a person that one loves is in the world and alive and well, and pleased to be in the world, then to miss them is only a new flavor, a salt sharpness in experience. It is when the beloved is unhappy or maimed or troubled that one misses with pain.

Life flows on over death as water closes over a stone dropped into a pool. ... Fate is certain; death is certain; but the courage and nobility of men and women matter more than these.

Those who prepare for war get it.

no truth is strong enough to defeat a well-established legend.

A sense of humor is so handy, isn't it? It lets you see both sides of a question so that you never need do anything.

Surely, if life is good, it is good throughout its substance; we cannot separate men's activities from women's and say, these are worthy of praise and these unworthy.