“Ending is better than mending.”

“And do remember that a gramme is better than a damn.”

“The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray. It is better than one should suffer than that many should be corrupted.”

“It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'Try to be a little kinder.”

“It's a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and to find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than "try to be a little kinder.”

“But the nature of the universe is such that the ends never justify the means. On the contrary, the means always determine the end.”

“As though you could use violent, unjust means and achieve peace and justice! Means determine ends; and must be like the ends proposed. Means intrinsically different from the ends proposed achieve ends like themselves, not like those they were meant to achieve.”