All science, even the divine science, is a sublime detective story. Only it is not set to detect why a man is dead; but the darker secret of why he is alive.

I will not call it my philosophy; for I did not make it. God and humanity made it; and it made me.

We all know that the 'divine glory of the ego' is socially a great nuisance; we all do actually value our friends for modesty, freshness, and simplicity of heart. Whatever may be the reason, we all do warmly respect humility - in other people.

I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Any one thinking of the Holy Child as born in December would mean by it exactly what we mean by it; that Christ is not merely a summer sun of the prosperous but a winter fire for the unfortunate.

The atheist is not interested in anything except attacks on atheism.

The telescope makes the world smaller; it is only the microscope that makes it larger.