In dealing with the arrogant asserter of doubt, it is not the right method to tell him to stop doubting. It is rather the right method to tell him to go on doubting, to doubt a little more, to doubt every day newer and wilder things in the universe, until at last, by some strange enlightenment, he may begin to doubt himself.

I do not believe that any human being is fundamentally happier for being finally lost in a crowd, even if it is called a crowd of comrades.

Feminists are those who cannot stand female characteristics.

The reason that angels fly is that they take themselves so lightly.

If you happen to read fairy tales, you will observe that one idea runs from one end of them to the other--the idea that peace and happiness can only exist on some condition. This idea, which is the core of ethics, is the core of the nursery-tales.

The repetition in Nature may not be a mere recurrence; it may be a theatrical encore.

And though St. John saw many strange monsters in his vision, he saw no creature so wild as one of his own commentators.