Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.

The mind that finds its way to wild places is the poet's; but the mind that never finds its way back is the lunatic's.

Pride juggles with her toppling towers, They strike the sun and cease, But the firm feet of humility They grip the ground like trees.

Somehow one can never manage to be an atheist.

For good or evil, a line has been passed in our political history; and something that we have known all our lives is dead. I will take only one example of it: our politicians can no longer be caricatured.

When once you have got hold of a vulgar joke, you may be certain that you have got hold of a subtle and spiritual idea.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.