“I must be cruel only to be kind;Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind.”

“I'm beginning to think the only choice anyone has in life is between either a bad choice or a worse one.”

“There are times when the kindness of strangers only makes matter worse because one realizes how badly one is in need of kindness and that the only source is a stranger.”

“You can be good for the mere sake of goodness; you cannot be bad for the mere sake of badness. You can do a kind action when you are not feeling kind and when it gives you no pleasure, simply because kindness is right; but no one ever did a cruel action simply because cruelty is wrong - only because cruelty is pleasant or useful to him, In other words, badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness. And there must be something good first before it can be spoiled.”

“Love and hate are cruel, only liking is kind”

“The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.”