The conversion of Paul was no conversion at all; it was Paul who converted the religion that has raised one man above sin and death.

In your Salvation shelter I saw poverty, misery, cold and hunger. You gave them bread and treacle and dreams of heaven. I give from thirty shillings a week to twelve thousand a year. They find their own dreams; but I look after the drainage.

Martyrdom is the only path to immortality that requires no talent whatsoever.

Nobel Prize money is a life-belt thrown to a swimmer who has already reached the shore in safety.

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation.

My heart, my heart, be whole and free: Love is thine only enemy.

When you loved me I gave you the whole sun and stars to play with. I gave you eternity in a single moment, strength of the mountains in one clasp of your arms, and the volume of all the seas in one impulse of your soul.