Every great literature has always been allegorical - allegorical of some view of the whole universe. The 'Iliad' is only great because all life is a battle, the 'Odyssey' because all life is a journey, the Book of Job because all life is a riddle.

The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still.

My brain and this world don't fit each other; and there's an end of it.

The cross cannot be defeated for it is defeat.

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. (on not perfectionism to put things off) .

Whenever you remove any fence, always pause long enough to ask why it was put there in the first place.

You never know the best about men until you know the worst about them.