Seriousness

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts

We are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull

Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously

Repetition is the reality and the seriousness of life

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.