That all war is physically frightful is obvious; but if that were a moral verdict, there would be no difference between a torturer and a surgeon. There are certain intellectuals who are too bright to be content with merely praising peace but who are infuriated by anybody praising war. If no war is possible, all criminality has its chance

The highest and noblest thing that history can be is a good story.

A great curse has fallen upon modern life with the discovery of the vastness of the word Education.

Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home.

The problem of disbelieving in God is not that a man ends up believing nothing. Alas, it is much worse. He ends up believing anything.

One elephant having a trunk was odd; but all elephants having trunks looked like a plot.

True contentment is a thing as active as agriculture. It is the power of getting out of any situation all that there is in it. It is arduous and it is rare.