“If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.”

“If you are going through hell, keep going.”

“You create your own universe as you go along.”

“If you are going to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.”

“You make all kinds of mistakes, but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.”

“You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.”

“You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true and also fierce you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was meant to be wooed and won by youth.”