Old men when they begin to hear the last trumpet, on the morning breeze, often have a kind of absent-minded smile; like people listening. And their smiles are just politeness.

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.

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.

Of all things I find most unbearable is the injustice of one generation to another.

Nothing like poetry when you lie awake at night. It keeps the old brain limber. It washes away the mud and sand that keeps on blocking up the bends. Like waves to make the pebbles dance on my old floors. And turn them into rubies and jacinths; or at any rate, good imitations.

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

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