It is unthinkable in the twentieth century to fail to distinguish between what constitutes an abominable atrocity that must be prosecuted and what constitutes that "past" which "ought not to be stirred up.

Someone that you have deprived of everything is no longer in your power. He is once again entirely free.

Only a magician can fix a head on a body, but any fool can lop it off.

It was wrong to be too pragmatic, to judge people solely by results; it was more humane to judge by intentions.

Human nature, if it changes at all, changes not much faster than the geological face of the earth.

Too much art was no art at all. Like candy instead of bread!

When you're cold, don't expect sympathy from someone who's warm.