Man is hypnotized by the glitter of his own gadgetry

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

Our goal is to discover that we have always been where we ought to be

Faith, it is evident, may be relied on to produce sustained action and, more rarely, sustained contemplation.

The creation by word-power of something out of nothing--what is that but magic? And, may I add, what is that but literature?

No man, however civilized, can listen for very long to African drumming, or Indian chanting, or Welsh hymn singing, and retain intact his critical and self-conscious personality.

I know very dimly when I start what's going to happen. I just have a very general idea, and then the thing develops as I write.