Every work of art has one indispensable mark ... the center of it is simple, however much the fulfillment may be complicated.

Men reform a thing by removing the reality from it, and then do not know what to do with the unreality that is left.

The issue is now clear. It is between light and darkness and everyone must choose his side.

Silence is the unbearable repartee.

Big Business and State Socialism are very much alike, especially Big Business.

The more we are proud that the Bethlehem story is plain enough to be understood by the shepherds, and almost by the sheep, the more do we let ourselves go, in dark and gorgeous imaginative frescoes or pageants about the mystery and majesty of the Three Magian Kings.

The greenhorn is the ultimate victor in everything; it is he that gets the most out of life.