Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject

All interest in disease and death is only another expression of interest in life

What we call mourning for our dead is perhaps not so much grief at not being able to call them back as it is grief at not being able to want to do so

A man's dying is more his survivor's affair than his own

For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives