“There are very few men-and they are the exceptions-who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment”

“To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.”

“She's one of the few people able to look beyond the lines on my face to see the twenty-year-old who lives inside.”

“There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual- become clairvoyant. We reach then into reality. Such are the moments of our greatest happiness. Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom. It is in the nature of all people to have these experiences; but in our time and under the conditions of our lives, it is only a rare few who are able to continue in the experience and find expression for it.”

“It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.”

“You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair.You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.”