Christianity, whatever else it is, is an explosion. Unless it is sensational there is simply no sense in it. Unless the Gospel sounds like a gun going off it has not been uttered at all.

The martyr endured tortures to affirm his belief in truth but he never asserted his disbelief in torture.

CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.

The determining bulk of Scotch people had heard of golf ever since they had heard of God and often considered the two as of equal importance.

I like the Cyclostyle ink; it is so inky. I do not think there is anyone who takes quite such a fierce pleasure in things being themselves as I do. The startling wetness of water excites and intoxicates me: the fieriness of fire, the steeliness of steel, the unutterable muddiness of mud. It is just the same with people.... When we call a man "manly" or a woman "womanly" we touch the deepest philosophy.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

It is easy to be heavy: hard to be light.