We cheerfully assume that in some mystic way love conquers all, that good outweighs evil in the just balances of the universe and at the 11th hour something gloriously triumphant will prevent the worst before it happens.

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

In the ideal sense nothing is uninteresting; there are only uninterested people.

There should be a dash of the amateur in criticism. For the amateur is a man of enthusiasm who has not settled down and is not habit bound.

The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.

Poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.

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