[T]he recognition of private property has really harmed Individualism, and obscured it, by confusing a man with what he possesses. It has led Individualism entirely astray. It has made gain, not growth its aim. So that man thought that the important thing is to have, and did not know that the important thing is to be.

We have quite the same ideas. No; I think our ideas are quite different. But he has been most pleasant.

Oh, no doubt the cod is a splendid swimmer - admirable for swimming purposes but not for eating.

It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

There are only two kinds of women, the plain and the coloured.

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?

Any place that we love becomes our world.