Men in bowlers and dark suits with their rolled-up umbrellas. Men full of propriety, calm and proud, neat and noble.

We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of men and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

The least of the work of learning is done in the classroom.

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.