I gave in, and admitted that God was God.

No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.

It is by human avarice or human stupidity, not by the churlishness of nature, that we have poverty and overwork.

I would say if a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity. But to speak of the craft itself, I would not know how to advise a man how to write. It is a matter of talent and interest. I believe he must be strongly moved if he is to become a writer. Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I for one must get it out.

The student is half afraid to meet one of the great philosophers face to face. He feels himself inadequate and thinks he will not understand him. But if he only knew, the great man, just because of his greatness, is much more intelligible than his modern commentator. The simplest student will be able to understand, if not all, yet a very great deal of what Plato said; but hardly anyone can understand some modern books on Platonism.

When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love them.

Many people think their prayers are never answered because it is the answered ones they forget.