“If you don’t find a God by five o’clock this afternoon you must leave the college.”

To teach a man how he may learn to grow independently, and for himself, is perhaps the greatest service that one man can do another.

All translation is a compromise – the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.

Now in these troubled times, even more than ever, we need an affirmation that there is goodness and beauty in the world.

My dear child, you must believe in God despite what the clergy tells you.

Young men make great mistakes in life; for one thing, they idealize love too much.

Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

There is a great deal of hard lying in the world; especially among people whose characters are above suspicion.

I am not blaming the past. … But I want the peace of God to settle on the future.

Precautions are always blamed. When successful they are said to be unnecessary.

It is most important in this world to be pushing, but it is fatal to seem so.

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique.

Grace is an energy; not a mere sentiment; not a mere thought of the Almighty; not even a word of the Almighty.

We can’t search or attain well being, wealth, studying, justice or kindness usually. Action is all the time particular, concrete, individualized, distinctive.

Give the clergy your sympathy; don’t give them anything else.

The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.

Plato’s dialogues bear at least some similarities to the classical plays.

To hell with being ashamed of what you liked.

Nothing heals us like letting people know our scariest parts: When people listen to you cry and lament, and look at you with love, it’s like they are holding the baby of you.

How can such scary looking parents create something so cute?

My mind is scarier than my demons.

Radio’s a scary thing for me. It’s dope to be on there.

Girls are scary. Large groups of girls scare the crap out of me.

It feels so scary getting old.

Change is scary when you too know you have been blind enough.