What is false in the science of facts may be true in the science of values.

The working of great institutions is mainly the result of a vast mass of routine, petty malice, self interest, carelessness and sheer mistake. Only a residual fraction is thought.

It is rash to intrude upon the piety of others: both the depth and the grace of it elude the stranger.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. The dark background which death supplies brings out the tender colours of life in all their purity.

... even if Lucretius was wrong, and the soul is immortal, it is nevertheless steadily changing its interests and its possessions.Our lives are mortal if our soul is not; and the sentiment which reconciled Lucretius to death is as much needed if we are to face many deaths, as if we are to face only one.

When all beliefs are challenged together, the just and necessary ones have a chance to step forward and re-establish themselves alone.

Sanity is madness put to good use.