The trouble with life
isn't that there is no answer,
but that there are so many answers

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers.

The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.

. . . work even when I'm satisfied with it is never my child I love nor my servant I've brought to heel. It's always busy work I do with my left hand, and part of me watches grudging the wastes of a lifetime.

A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.

The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.