Scott himself had taught me that in the boundless sphere of the intellect there is no prudishness, no shockability. There is only evaluation of facts, and a morality founded on truth.

He [F. Scott Fitzgerald] had learned to theorize, to think, although he was always less interested in the dissection of his reading than in the enjoyment he received. (About F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.

I myself was and still am a child of the people. It was not for the capitalists that I undertook this struggle; it was for the German working man that I took my stand.

We in America should be grateful to God for the blessing he has given us.

The world's a ship on its voyage out, and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow.

And so Harry became proficient in the task of cleaning up vomit.

Salvation is not putting a man into heaven but putting heaven into a man.

I believe in aging gracefully

People who focus on what they can't control are usually depressed, frustrated, angry, overwhelmed and lost. Sure, there's no way to look at the world and say it's fair, even or just.