Exactly what the fairy tale does is this: it accustoms him for a series of clear pictures to the idea that these limitless terrors had a limit, that these shapeless enemies have enemies in the knights of God, that there is something in the universe more mystical than darkness, and stronger than strong fear.

There is no logical connection between flying and laying eggs.

I am more than a devil; I am a man. I can do the one thing which Satan himself cannot do— I can die.

The lunatic is the man who lives in a small world but thinks it is a large one; he is the man who lives in a tenth of the truth, and thinks it is the whole. The madman cannot conceive any cosmos outside a certain tale or conspiracy or vision.

Without authority there is no liberty. Freedom is doomed to destruction at every turn, unless there is a recognized right to freedom. And if there are rights, there is an authority to which we appeal for them.

Man must have just enough faith in himself to have adventures, and just enough doubt of himself to enjoy them.

Grey is a colour that always seems on the eve of changing to some other colour.