Logic, like language, is partly a free construction and partly a means of symbolizing and harnessing in expression the existing diversities of things; and whilst some languages, given a man's constitution and habits, may seem more beautiful and convenient to him than others, it is a foolish heat in a patriot to insist that only his native language is intelligible or right.

Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination.

A dream is always simmering below the conventional surface of speech and reflection.

Religion is the natural reaction of the imagination when confronted by the difficulties in a truculent world.

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds.