As long as this deliberate refusal to understand things from above, even where such understanding is possible, continues, it is idle to talk of any final victory over materialism.

A woman means by Unselfishness chiefly taking trouble for others; a man means not giving trouble to others...thus, while the woman thinks of doing good offices and the man of respecting other people's rights, each sex, without any obvious unreason, can and does regard the other as radically selfish.

Humility is self-forgetfulness.

All joy... emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings.

I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.

One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give up a thing himself without wanting everyone else to give it up.

It's so large" "It's the world dear, did you think it'd be small?" "smaller