Ink is the great cure for all human ills.

The return from the walk, and the arrival of tea, should be exactly coincident, and not later than a quarter past four.

There is something which unites magic and applied science (technology) while separating them from the "wisdom" of earlier ages. For the wise men of old, the cardinal problem of human life was how to conform the soul to objective reality, and the solution was wisdom, self-discipline , and virtue. For the modern, the cardinal problem is how to conform reality to the wishes of man, and the solution is a technique.

In the moral sphere, every act of justice or charity involves putting ourselves in the other person's place and thus transcending our own competitive particularity.

until the theologians and the ordained clergy begin to communicate with ordinary people in the vernacular, in a way that they can understand, I’m going to have to do this sort of thing.

If our deepest desires cannot be satisfied in this world, then we must have been made for another world.

Do not waste time bothering whether you "love" your neighbor; act as if you did.