No sceptical philosopher can ask any questions that may not equally be asked by a tired child on a hot afternoon.

The thing I hate about an argument is that it always interrupts a discussion.

People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.

The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.

What was wonderful about childhood is that anything in it was a wonder. It was not merely a world full of miracles; it was a miraculous world.

The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion.

The modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The virtues have gone mad because they have been isolated from each other and are wandering alone. Thus some scientists care for truth; and their truth is pitiless. Thus some humanitarians only care for pity; and their pity (I am sorry to say) is often untruthful.