Surprise is the secret of joy.
When men cease to believe in God, they will believe in anything
The great Gaels of Ireland are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, and all their songs are sad.
Progress is the mother of all problems.
Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest. But what does he do if there is no forest? He grows a forest to hide it in.
Many clever men like you have trusted to civilization. Many clever Babylonians, many clever Egyptians, many clever men at the end of Rome. Can you tell me, in a world that is flagrant with the failures of civilisation, what there is particularly immortal about yours?