In every serious doctrine of the destiny of men, there is some trace of the doctrine of the equality of men. But the capitalist really depends on some religion of inequality. The capitalist must somehow distinguish himself from human kind; he must be obviously above it or he would be obviously below it.

I represent the jolly mass of mankind. I am the happy and reckless Christian.

Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.

The humorous look of children is perhaps the most endearing of all the bonds that hold the Cosmos together.

Coincidence is a spiritual pun.

Though I believe in liberalism, I find it difficult to believe in liberals.

Every remedy is a desperate remedy. Every cure is a miraculous cure. Curing a madman is not arguing with a philosopher; it is casting out a devil.