Life exists for the love of music or beautiful things.

Men invent new ideals because they dare not attempt old ideals. They look forward with enthusiasm, because they are afraid to look back.

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.

The academic mind reflects infinity, and is full of light by the simple process of being shallow and standing still.

The Catholic Church is like a thick steak, a glass of red wine, and a good cigar.

Atheism is indeed the most daring of all dogmas . . . for it is the assertion of a universal negative.

Everyone seems to assume that the unscrupulous parts of journalism will be the frivolous or jocular parts. This is against all ethical experience. Jokes are generally honest. Complete solemnity is almost always dishonest. The writer of the snippet merely refers to a frivolous and fugitive fact in a frivolous and fugitive way. The writer of the leading article has to write about a fact he has known for 20 minutes as though he has studied it for 20 years.