Indeed, I would feel that an appreciation of the arts in a conscious, disciplined way might help one to do science better.
Sin is in itself separation from the good, but despair over sin is separation a second time.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
Take a chance and you may lose. Take not a chance and you have lost already.
Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. Everyday, I walk myself into a state of well-being & walk away from every illness. I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. But by sitting still, & the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill. Thus if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right.
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.
If the devil tells you something is too fearful to look at, look at it. If he says something is too terrible to hear, hear it. If you think some truth unbearable, bear it.
. . . conscienceless efficiency is no match for efficiency quickened by conscience.
Sometimes you just can't get rid of a bomb!
If there's no relationship with a father who's absent, nobody talks about it.