Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things.
The cosmos is about the smallest hole that a man can hide his head in.
A great city is the place to escape the true drama of provincial life, and find solace in fantasy.
Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.
Latter-day scepticism is fond of calling itself progressive; but scepticism is really reactionary. Scepticism goes back; it attempts to unsettle what has already been settled. Instead of trying to break up new fields with its plough, it simply tries to break up the plough.
The old religionist cried out for his god. The new religionist cries out for some god to be his.