Aristotle said that some people were only fit to be slaves. I do not contradict him. But I reject slavery because I see no men fit to be masters.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

Affection would not be affection if it was loudly and frequently expressed; to produce it in public is like getting your household furniture out for a move. It did very well in its place, but it looks shabby or tawdry or grotesque in the sunshine.

It is not enough to want to get rid of one’s sins, we also need to believe in the One who saves us from our sins.

Fallen man is not simply an imperfect creature who needs improvement: he is a rebel who must lay down his arms.

We do not want merely to see beauty... we want something else which can hardly be put into words- to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it. That is why we have peopled air and earth and water with gods and goddesses, and nymphs and elves.

It matters enormously if I alienate anyone from the truth.