The man of the true religious tradition understands two things: liberty and obedience. The first means knowing what you really want. The second means knowing what you really trust.

Nothing is certain by uncertainty.

When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

Every true artist feels that he is touching transcendental truths; that his images are shadows of things seen through the veil.

That all war is physically frightful is obvious; but if that were a moral verdict, there would be no difference between a torturer and a surgeon. There are certain intellectuals who are too bright to be content with merely praising peace but who are infuriated by anybody praising war. If no war is possible, all criminality has its chance

The English are no nearer than they were a hundred years ago to knowing what Jefferson really meant when he said that God had created all men equal.

To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.