That the world is not the embodiment of an eternal rationality can be conclusively proved by the fact that the piece of the worldthat we know--I mean our human reason--is not so very rational. And if it is not eternally and completely wise and rational, then the rest of the world will not be either; here the conclusion a minori ad majus, a parte ad totum applies, and does so with decisive force.

It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right --especially when one is right.

Whereas the man of action binds his life to reason and its concepts so that he will not be swept away and lost, the scientific investigator builds his hut right next to the tower of science so that he will be able to work on it and to find shelter for himself beneath those bulwarks which presently exist.

Creation is the great redemption from suffering and all life's growing light. But the creator must be suffering if needed and accept much change.

How far is truth susceptible of embodiment? That is the question, that is the experiment.

Which is it? Is man only a blunder of God? Or is God only a blunder of man?

Even the most beautiful scenery is no longer assured of our love after we have lived in it for three months, and some distant coast attracts our avarice: possessions are generally diminished by possession.