Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. Unless a man starts on the strange assumption that he has never existed before, it is quite certain that he will never exist afterwards.

At the back of our brains is a blaze of astonishment at our own existence. The object of the artistic and spiritual life is to dig for this sunrise of wonder.

It is often a mistake to combine two pleasures, because pleasures, like pains, can act as counter-irri-tants to each other.

All government is an ugly necessity.

Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.

Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.

The average woman is at the head of something with which she can do as she likes; the average man has to obey orders and do nothing else.