Materialism is decadent and degenerate only if the spirit of the nation has withered and if individual people are so unimaginative that they wallow in it.

People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.

Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.

I have no objections to churches so long as they do not interfere with God's work.

Nothing a man writes can please him as profoundly as something he does with his back, shoulders and hands. For writing is an artificial activity. It is a lonely and private substitute for conversation.

Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.