Civilization survives on the constant discovery of amity and an equal supply of damnation.

He had, they said, tasted in succession all the apples of the tree of knowledge, and, whether from hunger or disgust, had ended by tasting the forbidden fruit.

Reality in strong doses frightens.

We need those who pray constantly to compensate for those who do not pray at all.

The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.

The mother...swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective watchfulness, half animal, half angelic, which is the quality of motherhood.

There is in every village a torch - the teacher; and an extinguisher - the priest.