One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.

Gratitude produced the most purely joyful moments that have been known to man.

Architecture approaches nearer than any other art to being irrevocable because it is so difficult to get rid of.

It is impossible without humility to enjoy anything - even pride.

All real democracy is an attempt like that of a jolly hostess to bring the shy people out.

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.

The most unfathomable schools and sages have never attained to the gravity which dwells in the eyes of a baby of three months old. It is the gravity of astonishment at the universe, and astonishment at the universe is not mysticism, but a transcendent common-sense. The fascination of children lies in this: that with each of them all things are remade, and the universe is put again upon its trial.