Thinking means connecting things, and stops if they cannot be connected.

The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that Man must go alternately from one extreme to the other. It is a shameful and even shocking fancy; it is the denial of the whole dignity of the mankind. When Man is alive he stands still. It is only when he is dead that he swings.

Earth will grow worse till men redeem it, And wars more evil, ere all wars cease.

It is much easier to write a good Times leading article than a good joke in Punch.

Where does a wise man kick a pebble? On the beach. Where does a wise man hide a leaf? In the forest.

Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.

History is not a toboggan slide, but a road to be reconsidered and even retraced