The English are no nearer than they were a hundred years ago to knowing what Jefferson really meant when he said that God had created all men equal.

I did try to found a little heresy of my own; and when I had put the last touches to it, I discovered that it was orthodoxy.

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not sure about being quiet.

Children feel the whiteness of the lily with a graphic and passionate clearness which we cannot give them at all. The only thing we can give them is information-the information that if you break the lily in two it won't grow again.

Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.

In anything that does cover the whole of your life - in your philosophy and your religion - you must have mirth. If you do not have mirth you will certainly have madness.