There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

Over-civilization and barbarism are within an inch of each other. And a mark of both is the power of medicine-men.

It is not merely true that a creed unites men. Nay, a difference of creed unites men - so long as it is a clear difference. A boundary unites. Many a magnanimous Moslem and chivalrous Crusader must have been nearer to each other, because they were both dogmatists, than any two agnostics. "I say God is One," and "I say God is One but also Three," that is the beginning of a good quarrelsome, manly friendship.

Any one of the strange laws we suffer is a compromise between a fad and a vested interest.

The trouble with Christianity is, not that its failed, but that it's never been tried . . . not that it can't remake the world, but that it's difficult.

Democracy is like blowing your nose. You may not do it well, but it's something you ought to do yourself.