When, on occasion, I must tell my age, almost invariably someone exclaims, “How do you manage to stay so vigorous and enthusiastic at the age of 75?” There is no pat answer to longevity, as there is no answer to...
I believe in youth and its dreams. When a little boy told me that his toy plane pierced the sound barrier and flew to the moon, I believed him. When a little girl assured me that a pat of mud...
When I was about 15 years old, I had a sort-of combined religious and aesthetic experience. I have never recovered. Early one summer morning, I wandered alone through the Greek court, then slowly passed a few remnants of ancient Egypt,...
At present, my life is devoted to the seeking of knowledge. I believe knowledge is a spark which can light up the whole soul. It is something which lifts man to the heights of humanity, which God destined man to...
