Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle

One must somehow find a way of loving the world without trusting it; somehow one must love the world without being worldly.

Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.

Boys like romantic tales; but babies like realistic tales-because they find them romantic.

A man looking at a hippopotamus may sometimes be tempted to regard a hippopotamus as an enormous mistake; but he is also bound to confess that a fortunate inferiority prevents him personally from making such mistakes.

You can't have the family farm without the family.