He was obliged however to throw over Christianity. Those who base their conduct upon what they are rather than upon what they ought to be, always must throw it over in the end . . . .

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.

I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.

The people I admire most are those who are sensitive and want to create something or discover something, and do not see life in terms of power.

I don't know what to think until I see what I've said.

An efficiency-regime cannot be run without a few heroes stuck about it to carry off the dullness - much as plums have to be put into bad pudding to make it palatable.

Characters must not brood too long. They must not waste time running up and down ladders in their own insides.