I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. A Christmas Carol

In the morning, when thou art sluggish at rousing thee, let this thought be present; “I am rising to a man’s work.” Meditations

The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it. The Critic as Artist

It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life—daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual. Man's Search For Meaning