Watchin' and listenin' is the thing at present; not talking.

A Christian is not a man who never goes wrong, but a man who is enabled to repent.

The only palliative is to keep the clean sea breeze of the centuries blowing through our minds, and this can be done only by reading old books.

In reality, moral rules are directions for running the human machine. Every moral rule is there to prevent a breakdown, or a strain, or a friction, in the running of that machine. That is why these rules at first seem to be constantly interfering with our natural inclinations.

The claim to equality, outside of the strictly political field, is made only by those who feel themselves to be in some way inferior.

Eros will have naked bodies; Friendship naked personalities.

They were pretty tired by now of course; but not what I’d call bitterly tired – only slow and feeling very dreamy and tired as one does when one is coming to the end of a long day in the open.