When we know what God is, we shall be gods ourselves.

It's so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a cruel sport - in short, dog-like in their notions of foreign policy.

There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.

We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.

No severity of punishment deters when detection is uncertain, as it always must be.

If you strike a child, take care that you strike it in anger, even at the risk of maiming it for life. A blow in cold blood neither can nor should be forgiven.