It is a grave matter to enter a war, without adequate military preparation; it may prove fatal to come into peace, without moral and religious preparation.

We realize that Judaism as a faith can survive only in an atmosphere of general faith.

It therefore become essential for the future of Judaism itself that its advancement should be correlated with a similar effort to advance the cause of religion generally.

Wisdom begins with sacrifice of immediate pleasures for long-range purposes.

People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort. They had no idea who I was.

How can you lose me? You’ve owned me from the first moment I saw you.

Evil and good meet with their due reward. Good fortune and ill luck walk side by side. But he who never walks the wrong path, need have no fear when comes the summons in the night.

With every increase in the degree of consciousness, and in proportion to that increase, the intensity of despair increases: the more consciousness the more intense the despair

The most essential thing for us was to get the business model right, then put the world-class technology under it to support it. At Merrill, that meant not doing what people expected.

Katczinsky says it is all to do with education - it softens the brain.

We shall not refuse tobacco the credit of being sometimes medical, when used temperately, though an acknowledged poison.

The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people.

The point was living with grace, decency, and attention to the world, and breaking free of the artificial constructs in your own life.

The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.