He feared his maturity as it grew upon him with its ripe thought, its skill, its finished art; yet which lacked the poetry of boyhood to make living a full end of life.

Half a calamity is better than a whole one.

The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he was within God.

The dreamers of the day are dangerous... for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.

It seems to me that the conquest of the air is the only major task for our generation.

To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.

He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed.