The poetry of art is in beholding the single tower; the poetry of nature in seeing the single tree; the poetry of love in following the single woman; the poetry of religion in worshipping the single star.

A nation that has nothing but its amusements will not be amused for long.

Wait and see whether the religion of the Servile State is not in every case what I say: the encouragement of small virtues supporting capitalism, the discouragement of the huge virtues that defy it.

The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be fairly divided between both sides.

It is the first law of practical courage. To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.

The outer ring of Christianity is a rigid guard of ethical abnegations and professional priests; but inside that inhuman guard you will find the old human life dancing like children and drinking wine like men; for Christianity is the only frame for pagan freedom. But in the modern philosophy the case is opposite; it is its outer ring that is obviously artistic and emancipated; its despair is within.

These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.