The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise.

Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.

If pain could have cured us we should long ago have been saved.

The mediocrity of everything in the great world of today is simply appalling. We live in intellectual slums.

There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.

It is true that I am carrying out various methods of treatment recommended by doctors and dentists in the hope of dying in the remote future in perfect health.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.