“It is all true, or it ought to be; and more and better besides.”
“It ought to come like the leaves to the trees, or it better not come at all.”
“It is true that we are called to create a better world. But we are first of all called to a more immediate and exalted task: that of creating our own lives.”
“A true rationalist ought to be effective in the real world.”
“Sometimes you’ll hear, ‘People don’t change.’ This is true more often than it ought to be, but listen again: ‘People don’t change.’ It says ‘don’t,’ not ‘can’t.’ (316)”
“You ought to expect better of people. It encourages you to be a better person yourself.”