Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.

Even in an empire of atheists the dead man is always sacred.

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.

Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods.

...It's natural to believe in the supernatural. It never feels natural to accept only natural things.

The modern materialists are not permitted to doubt; they are forbidden to believe.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not sure about being quiet.