If we really want to pray we must first learn to listen, for in the silence of the heart God speaks.

In the life of one man, never The same time returns.

We might remind ourselves that criticism is as inevitable as breathing, and that we should be none the worse for articulating what passes in our minds when we read a book and feel an emotion about it, for criticizing our own minds in their work of criticism.

I do not approve the extermination of the enemy; the policy of exterminating or, as it is barbarously said, liquidating enemies, is one of the most alarming developments of modern war and peace, from the point of view of those who desire the survival

People are only influenced in the direction in which they want to go, and influence consists largely in making them conscious of their wishes to proceed in that direction.

If one has to earn a living, therefore, the safest occupation is that most remote from the arts.

I am glad you have a Cat, but I do not believe it is So remarkable a cat as My Cat.