Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas.

I went over the heads of the things a man reckons desirable. No doubt invisibility made it possible to get them, but it made it impossible to enjoy them when they are got.

Christ is the most unique person of history. No man can write a history of the human race without giving first and foremost place to the penniless Teacher of Nazareth.

Tell the truth and read story books;it will take you to the magical moment in a glory night.

One believes in Stephen Dedalus as one believes in few characters in fiction.

When the history of civilization is written, it will be a biological history and Margaret Sanger will be its heroine.

Things that would have made fame of a less clever man seemed tricks in his hands. It is a mistake to do things too easily.