Business, especially big business, is now organized like an army. It is, as some would say, a sort of mild militarism without bloodshed; as I say, a militarism without the military virtues.

Modern man is educated to understand foreign languages and misunderstand foreigners.

People seem to fight about things very unsuitable for fighting. They make a frightful noise in support of very quiet things. They knock each other about in the name of very fragile things.

A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.

If seeds in the black earth can turn into such beautiful roses, what might not the heart of man become in its long journey toward the stars?

What a glorious garden of wonders the lights of Broadway would be to anyone lucky enough to be unable to read.

A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both.