To be prejudiced is the privilege of the thinking human being. ... The open mind is the empty mind.

what about Christianity? Are we right in the face of so long a record of its poverty in international achievement, to keep invoking it as a standard, almost synonymous with civilization?

Still I sojourn here, alone and palely loitering, though the sedge is withered from the lake and no birds sing. For I sent the bath towel to the wash this morning, and omitted to put out another. I have no towel.

Nearly all novels are too long.

It is a common delusion that you make things better by talking about them.

The great and recurrent question about Abroad is, is it worth the trouble of getting there?

The very utterness of the crash and ruin, the desperation of the case, might be its hope. On ruins one can begin to build. Anyhow, looking out from ruins one clearly sees; there are no obstructing walls.