Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.

Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste.

The man of the true religious tradition understands two things: liberty and obedience. The first means knowing what you really want. The second means knowing what you really trust.

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.

We're all in the same boat, and we're all seasick.

God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.

The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.