An editor should tell the author his writing is better than it is. Not a lot better, a little better.

When the whole world is running headlong towards the precipice, one who walks in the opposite direction is looked at as being crazy.

I say to you: Make perfect your will. / I say: take no thought of the harvest, / But only of proper sowing.

Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.

The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how far in practice he will stake his life on his belief.

Quick now, here, now, always- A condition of complete simplicity (Costing not less than everything) And all shall be well and All manner of thing shall be well When the tongues of flame are in-folded Into the crowned knot of fire And the fire and the rose are one.

I must say Bernard Shaw is greatly improved by music.