The man who says, 'my country right or wrong' is like the man who says, 'my mother drunk or sober'

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

The great majority of people will go on observing forms that cannot be explained; they will keep Christmas Day with Christmas gifts and Christmas benedictions; they will continue to do it; and some day suddenly wake up and discover why.

Think of all those ages through which men have had the courage to die, and then remember that we have actually fallen to talking about having the courage to live.

There is something to be said for every error; but, whatever may be said for it, the most important thing to be said about it is that it is erroneous.

Progress should mean that we are always changing the world to fit the vision, instead we are always changing the vision.

Christianity satisfies suddenly and perfectly man's ancestral instinct for being the right way up; satisfies it supremely in this, that by its creed Joy becomes something gigantic, and Sadness something special and small.