Catch {a man} at the moment when he is really poor in spirit and smuggle into his mind the gratifying reflection, "By jove, I'm being humble," and almost immediately pride - pride at his own humility - will appear.

It is quite useless knocking at the door of heaven for earthly comfort. It's not the sort of comfort they supply there.

A moderated religion is as good for us as no religion at all—and more amusing.

A little lie is like a little pregnancy it doesn't take long before everyone knows.

If my house has collapsed at one blow, that is because it was a house of cards. The faith which 'took these things into account' was not faith but imagination.

Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time.

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.