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

The modern habit of saying "This is my opinion, but I may be wrong" is entirely irrational. If I say that it may be wrong, I say that is not my opinion. The modern habit of saying "Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me" – the habit of saying this is mere weak-mindedness. A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.

It is only great men who take up a great space by not being there.

[Marxism will] in a generation or so [go] into the limbo of most heresies, but meanwhile it will have poisoned the Russian Revolution.

Just the other day in the Underground I enjoyed the pleasure of offering my seat to three ladies.

It is often a mistake to combine two pleasures, because pleasures, like pains, can act as counter-irri-tants to each other.

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