"Love is never wasted, for its value does not rest upon reciprocity."

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival."

"A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading."

"A sign of a culture that has lost its faith - Moral collapse follows upon spiritual collapse."

"Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil."

"The death of a beloved is an amputation."