"He who lives little, changes little."

"Nothing spoils a confession like repentance."

"Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another."

"If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."

"The average man does not know what to do with his life, yet wants another one which will last forever."

"People who have no faults are terrible; there is no way to take advantage of them"

"Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all."

"I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it is my duty...This is my highest and best use as a human."

"Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they don't like him."

"In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of effort is the measure of the results."

"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."

"...the safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death."