It is sometimes said that toleration should be refused to the intolerant. In practice this would destroy it... The only remedy for dogmatism and lies is toleration and the greatest possible liberty of expression.

God is a character, a real and consistent being, or He is nothing. If God did a miracle He would deny His own nature and the universe would simply blow up, vanish, become nothing.

I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience.

Reality is a narrow little house which becomes a prison to those who can't get out of it.

Something you have to make...It's all work, work.

The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.

Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.