Life without idealism is empty indeed. We just hope or starve to death.

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.

To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

Nothing in life is as good as the marriage of true minds between man and woman. As good? It is life itself.

None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free.

The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husband's bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool.

The basic discovery about any people is the discovery of the relationship between men and women.

It may be that religion is dead, and if it is, we had better know it and set ourselves to try to discover other sources of moral strength before it is too late.

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.