There aren't any old times. When times are gone they're not old, they're dead! There aren't any times but new times!

I'm not sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said. "With all their speed forward they may be a step backward in civilization -- that is, in spiritual civilization. It may be that they will not add to the beauty of the world, nor to the life of men's souls.

Men were just like sheep, and nothing was easier than for women to set up as shepherds and pen them up in a field.

Mystics always hope that science will some day overtake them.

Youth cannot imagine romance apart from youth.

I'm not so sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said, "With all their speed forward they may be a step backward for civilization-that is, spiritual civilization ... But automobiles have come, and they bring a greater change in our life than most of us expect. They are here, and almost all outward things are going to be different because of what they bring. They are going to alter war, and they are going to alter peace.

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.