'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying 'My mother, drunk or sober.'

Any man who preaches real love is bound to beget hate. It is as true of democratic fraternity as a divine love; sham love ends in compromise and common philosophy; but real love has always ended in bloodshed.

The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.

A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things.

Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty.

The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank.

Hell is God's great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.