If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture.

Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.

In England people actually try to be brilliant at breakfast. That is so dreadful of them! Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.

To expect the unexpected shows a thoroughly modern intellect.

Education is an admirable thing.

[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.

I am afraid he has one of those terribly weak natures that are susceptible to influence.