“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.”

“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be, the last of life, for which the first was made”

“The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century”

“What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace”

“Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world”

“Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn”