“If all our happiness is bound up entirely in our personal circumstances it is difficult not to demand of life more than it has to give.”
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Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface relative to other matter second, telling other people to do so.
Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
The place of the father in the modern suburban family is a very small one, particularly if he plays golf.
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.