Life would die without poets, and democracy must have its spellbinders.

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.

It was as dark as the inside of a cabinet minister.

For the essential thing about the work of art is that it is work, and very hard work too.

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat.

A friend of mine tells me that a Beethoven symphony can solve for him a problem of conduct. I've no doubt that it does so simply by giving him a sense of the tragedy and the greatness of human destiny, which makes his personal anxieties seem small, which throws them into a new proportion.

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