“To [man] it is granted to have whatever he chooses, to be whatever he wills.”
“Whatever a man prays for, he prays for a miracle. Every prayer reduces itself to this: Great God, grant that twice two be not four.”
“I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.”
“He was a man whose calmness reflected his confidence that he meant whatever he did-- which is different... from confidence that whatever he did was right.”
“It is up to man to be an angel or a devil! You become whatever you choose to be!”
“Whatever a man knows, whatever is not mere rumbling and roaring that he has heard, can be said in three words.”