All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful instant we remember that we forgot.

When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it.

Contemporary society has become dry, not for lack of wonders but for lack of wonder.

What is the good of words if they aren't important enough to quarrel over? Why do we choose one word more than another if there isn't any difference between them? If you called a woman a chimpanzee instead of an angel, wouldn't there be a quarrel about a word? If you're not going to argue about words, what are you going to argue about? Are you going to convey your meaning to me by moving your ears? The Church and the heresies always used to fight about words, because they are the only thing worth fighting about.

The more we are certain what good is, the more we shall see good in everything.

Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.

We do not need to get good laws to restrain bad people. We need to get good people to restrain us from bad laws.