A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

One can hardly think too little of one's self. One can hardly think too much of one's soul.

If I think the universe is triangular, and you think it is square, there cannot be room for two universes. We may argue politely, we may argue humanely, we may argue with great mutual benefit: but, obviously, we must argue.

Tolerance is the virtue of people who do not believe in anything.

Christianity met the mythological search for romance by being a story and the philosophical search for truth by being a true story.

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.

To be simple is the best thing in the world.