“Hesitation, anxiety, the struggle between belief and disbelief—all that is sometimes such a torment for a conscientious man... that it’s better to hang oneself.”

“So little is actually worthy of belief or disbelief. Better to strive to coexist than seek to disapprove . . .”

“... in old days when the struggle between good and evil was more bitter and open than it is now. That struggle goes on all around us all the time, like two armies fighting. And sometimes one of them seems to be winning and sometimes the other, but neither has ever triumphed altogether. No ever will for there is something of each in every man.”

“...the way a man might hesitate before he kissed a woman, to gauge her reaction, to see how he would be received. Perhaps he would hesitate to prolong the moment, that ideal moment of anticipation, sometimes better than kiss itself.”

“...a little "appreciation" sometimes does quite as much good as all the conscientious "bringing up" in the world.”

“Have a belief in yourself that is bigger than anyone's disbelief.”