There are two kinds of rebellion. The first is one in which the slave demands something that the tyrant has got. The second is one in which he demands something that the tyrant has not got.

A man making the confession of any creed worth ten minutes' intelligent talk, is always a man who gains something and gives up something. So long as he does both he can create: for he is making an outline and a shape.

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.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Hell is God's great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. (on not perfectionism to put things off) .

Vigorous organisms talk not about their processes, but about their aims.