“: “[George] Washington possessed the superb self-confidence that comes only to those men whose inner life is faint.”

“A strongly accentuated zoophilism, such as an inordinate love of horses or dogs, throws the emotional nature out of balance; and those who are possessed by it are not likely to care very much for people.”

“The only thing you can take with you when you die is what you are. Character counts more than possessions.”

“Many times in life, those who do the most correcting, need the most correcting.”

“Dostoevski said once, "There is only one thing I dread: not to be worthy of my sufferings." These words frequently came to my mind after I became acquainted with those martyrs whose behavior in camp, whose suffering and death, bore witness to the fact that the last inner freedom cannot be lost. It can be said that they were worthy of the their sufferings; the way they bore their suffering was a genuine inner achievement. It is this spiritual freedom—which cannot be taken away—that makes life meaningful and purposeful.”

“The only place where compensation comes before service is in the dictionary or anywhere the government meddles.”

“There are no dead ends in life, only dead end thinking.”