It is no longer possible to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis upon which it is based.

For in that city [New York] there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy.

To understand all is to forgive all.

You spend the first term at Oxford meeting interesting and exciting people and the rest of your time there avoiding them

The only thing that it is advisable to know in any language is the numerals; and even there, you can do a lot with the fingers.

I think there's almost nothing I can't excuse except perhaps worshiping graven images. That seems to be idiotic.

He did not fail in love, but he lost the joy of it [...]