A succession of eye-openers each involving the repudiation of some previously held belief.

I talk democracy to these men and women. I tell them that they have the vote, and that theirs is the kingdom and the power and the glory. I say to them You are supreme: exercise your power. They say, That's right: tell us what to do; and I tell them. I say Exercise our vote intelligently by voting for me. And they do. That's democracy; and a splendid thing it is too for putting the right men in the right place.

I believe in Michelangelo, Velasquez, and Rembrandt; in the might of design, the mystery of color, the redemption of all things by Beauty everlasting, and the message of Art that has made these hands blessed. Amen. Amen.

There is nothing on earth intended for innocent people so horrible as a school.

Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone.

Why not give Christianity a trial?

A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.