Wagner has some great moments, but a lot of miserable half hours.

It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time.

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.

The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.

School gets in the way of my learning.

It was the most earnest ambition I ever had....Not that I ever really wanted to be a preacher, but because it never occurred to me that a preacher could be damned. It looked like a safe job.

War talk by men who have been in a war is always interesting; whereas moon talk by a poet who has not been in the moon is likely to be dull.