No one understands eternity. One simply recognizes its existence.

But happiness is brittle, and if men and circumstances don't destroy it, it is threatened by ghosts.

Ancient and oriental civilizations were more sensitive than we are to the cycles of things; to the succession of generations, both divine and human; and to change within stasis. Western man is virtually alone in wanting to make his God into a fortress and personal immortality into a bulwark against time.

nothing is slower than the true birth of a man

Passion such as hers is all consent, asking little in return. I had merely to enter a room where she was to see her face take on that peaceful expression of one who is resting in bed. If I touched her, I had the impression that all the blood in her veins was turning to honey.

Morals are a matter of private agreement; decency is of public concern.

The world is big … May it please the One who perchance is to expand the human heart to life's full measure.