"There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness, knowledge and wisdom. Shall we instead choose death, because we cannot forget our quarrels? I appeal as a human being to human beings; remember your humanity, and forget the rest."
"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."
"There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it."
"To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead."
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."
"The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."