A man must be orthodox upon most things, or he will never even have time to preach his own heresy.

The cross cannot be defeated for it is defeat.

There are two ways of getting home; and one of them is to stay there.

None of the modern machines, none of the modern paraphernalia. . . have any power except over the people who choose to use them.

To the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sun is really a sun; to the humble man, and to the humble man alone, the sea is really a sea.

There are two kinds of people in the world, the conscious dogmatists and the unconscious dogmatists. I have always found myself that the unconscious dogmatists were by far the most dogmatic.

Blessed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall be gloriously surprised.