...a figure of speech can often get into a crack too small for a definition.

There have been household gods and household saints and household fairies. I am not sure that there have yet been any factory gods or factory saints or factory fairies. I may be wrong, as I am no commericial expert, but I have not heard of them as yet.

The world will very soon be divided, unless I am mistaken, into those who still go on explaining our success, and those somewhat more intelligent who are trying to explain our failure.

It is assumed that the skeptic has no bias; whereas he has a very obvious bias in favour of skepticism.

The voice of the special rebels and prophets, recommending discontent, should, as I have said, sound now and then suddenly, like a trumpet. But the voices of the saints and sages, recommending contentment, should sound unceasingly, like the sea.

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.

Every heresy has been an effort to narrow the Church.