A type of revolutionary novelty may be extremely beautiful in itself; but, for the creatures of habit that we are, its very novelty tends to make it illegible, at any rate to begin with.

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

In the world of ideas everything was clear; in life all was obscure, embroiled.

God isn't the son of Memory; He's the son of Immediate Experience. You can't worship a spirit in spirit, unless you do it now. Wallowing in the past may be good literature. As wisdom, it's hopeless. Time Regained is Paradise Lost, and Time Lost is Paradise Regained. Let the dead bury their dead. If you want to live at every moment as it presents itself, you've got to die to every other moment.

Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision.

Somewhere in the rain, there will always be an abandoned dog that prevents you from being happy.

The optimum population is modeled on the iceberg- eight-ninths below the water line, one-ninth above.