When we demand liberty of a person as a constitutional right, we are taking away from the officials their liberty to chop off people's heads.

Creative work carries with it a form of intense love.

On the whole, the enjoyment of leisure is something which decidedly costs less than the enjoyment of luxury. All it requires is an artistic temperament which is bent on seeking a perfectly useless afternoon spent in a perfectly useless manner.

No child is born with a really cold heart, and it is only in proportion as we lose that youthful heart that we lose the inner warmth in ourselves.

There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

We should not expect people to be good, but should make it impossible for them to be bad.

Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.