Art is limitation; the essence of every picture is the frame. If you draw a giraffe, you must draw him with a long neck. If in your bold creative way you hold yourself free to draw a giraffe with a short neck, you will really find that you are not free to draw a giraffe.

The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister.

Customs are generally unselfish. Habits are nearly always selfish.

The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly, like a trumpet. But the voices of the saints and sages, recommending contentment, should sound unceasingly, like the sea.

All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is dead; but the darker secret of why he is alive.

I am not fighting a hopeless fight. People who have fought in real fights don't, as a rule.

Dear Sir: Regarding your article 'What's Wrong with the World?' I am. Yours truly.