It certainly is my opinion that a book worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then.

Democracy demands that little men should not take big ones too seriously; it dies when it is full of little men who think they are big themselves.

Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth. What you now call the free play of inquiry has neither more nor less to do with the ends for which intelligence was given you than masturbation has to do with marriage.

Art can teach without at all ceasing to be art.

The question is not what we intended ourselves to be, but what He intended us to be when He made us.

You'll never make a good impression on other people until you stop thinking what sort of impression you make.

Besides being complicated, reality, in my experience, is usually odd. It is not neat, not obvious, not what you expect.