It is not merely true that a creed unites men. Nay, a difference of creed unites men - so long as it is a clear difference. A boundary unites. Many a magnanimous Moslem and chivalrous Crusader must have been nearer to each other, because they were both dogmatists, than any two agnostics. "I say God is One," and "I say God is One but also Three," that is the beginning of a good quarrelsome, manly friendship.

Mysticism keeps mankind sane. As long as you have mystery you have health; when you destroy mystery you create morbidity.

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

People decided that it was impossible to achieve any of the good of Socialism, but they comforted themselves by achieving all the bad.

Teach to the young, men's enduring truths, and let the learned amuse themselves with their passing errors.

The books that influence the world are those that it has not read.

Every time a man knocks on a brothel door, he is really knocking for God