I have a feeling this is destiny. [On the eve of her third marriage].

I have a feeling this is destiny. [On the eve of her third marriage].

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, read more

One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," read more

It has sometimes been said that we find nowhere in nature an analogue of the difference between "happens" and "is," on the one hand, and "ought," on the other hand.

Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of read more

Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of thought.

We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny.

We are made for larger ends than Earth can encompass. Oh, let us be true to our exalted destiny.

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything read more

I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again... the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.

Memory is the thing you forget with.

Memory is the thing you forget with.

There are. intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and read more

There are. intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters.