“The destination of the journey could not be altered, only the manner in which one approached it - whether one chose to walk erect or to be dragged complaining through the dust.”

“People perish. Books are immortal.”

“Brave words. Easy to write when one was young and death was still skulking over a distant hill somewhere... - Pg. 82”

“For them, it was just an ordinary miracle.”

“Civilization was a relentless war that man was doomed to lose eventually. - Pg. 195”

“Nature has granted man no better gift than the shortness of life. The senses grow dull, the limbs are numb, sight, bearing, gait, even the teeth and alimentary organs die before we do, and yet this...”

“Rich people do not work for money, they are doing what they like to do”

“Why do we need money beyond a point? If we are free of ill health, enmity, and debt, is that not enough? Too much money only leads to less peace.”

“Nine out of ten significant people have to do with money or war!”