Very well," Magnus said. "Let us pause for a moment and consider—Oh, you have already run off Splendid.
Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
No man should judge unless he asks himself in absolute honesty whether in a similar situation he might not have done the same.
Life asks of every individual a contribution, and it is up to that individual to discover what it should be
The point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
Decisions, not conditions, determine what a man is.
Sunday neurosis, that kind of depression which afflicts people who become aware of the lack of content in their lives when the rush of the busy week is over and the void within themselves becomes manifest.
It is a kind and wise arrangement of Providence that weaves our sorrows into the elements of character and that all the disappointments, and conflicts, and afflictions of life may, if rightly used, become the means of improvement, and create in us the sinews of strength. . . . the dross is left in the crucible, the baser metals are transmuted, and the character is enriched with gold.
Without good humour, learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of the lion in the desert, where he roars without reply, and ravages without resistance. Without good humour virtue may awe by its dignity and amaze by its brightness, but must always be viewed at a distance, and will scarcely gain a friend or attract an imitator.
I must place on record my regret that the human race ever learned to fly.
What I recognized is that you can't put it together. It's already together, and what you have to do is experience it being together.