No man can be called friendless when he has God and the companionship of good books. Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe. The function of freedom is to free somebody else. The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible. Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly hard for them.
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it. The man who has no imagination has no wings.