A citizen can hardly distinguish between a tax and a fine, except that the fine is generally much lighter.

Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc.

I always like a dog so long as he isn't spelled backward.

The men who really believe in themselves are all in lunatic asylums.

The Reformer is always right about what's wrong. However, he's often wrong about what is right.

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.

The point is not that this world is too sad to love or too glad not to love; the point is that when you do love a thing, its gladness is a reason for loving it, and its sadness a reason for loving it more.