Christendom and heathendom now stand face to face... At bottom is a violent and irreconcilable quarrel about the nature of God and the nature of an and the ultimate nature of the universe; it is a war of dogma.

Man is never truly himself except when he is actively creating something.

It's not the innocent young things that need gentle handling--it's the ones that have been frightened and hurt.

A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your own.

Forgiveness is the one unpardonable sin.

To start with invention is the mark of the fertile mind ... and leads later to the interpretation of experience; to start with the reproduction of experience is the infallible index of a barren invention.

The Devil is a spiritual lunatic, but, like many lunatics, he is extremely plausible and cunning.