I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are always wrong about what is wrong with him. The practical form it takes is this: that, while the old man may stand by some stupid custom, the young man always attacks it with some theory that turns out to be equally stupid.

A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both.

Playing as children means playing is the most serious thing in the world.

The hands that had made the sun and stars were too small to reach the huge heads of the cattle. Upon this paradox, we might almost say upon this jest, all the literature of our faith is founded.

He had found the thing which the modern people call Impressionism, which is another name for that final scepticism which can find no floor to the universe.

Tolerance is a virtue of people who don't believe in anything anymore.

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.