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.

Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man.

A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.

The coziness between church and state is good for the state and bad for the church

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

Meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain. Meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure.

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.