The unconscious democracy of America is a very fine thing. It is a true and deep and instinctive assumption of the equality of citizens, which even voting and elections have not destroyed.

In a world where everything is ridiculous, nothing can be ridiculed. You cannot unmask a mask.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people.

Altruists, with thin, weak voices, denounce Christ as an egoist. Egoists (with even thinner and weaker voices) denounce Him as an altruist.

Faith is always at a disadvantage; it is a perpetually defeated thing which survives all conquerors.

The truth is that it is our attitude towards children that is right, and our attitude towards grown-up people that is wrong.

Fairy tales are more than true.