It's impossible to represent a saint [in Art]. It becomes boring. Perhaps because he is, like the Saturday Evening Post people, inthe position of having almost infinitely free will.

There are good books which are only for adults. There are no good books which are only for children.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Beloved, we are always in the wrong, Handling so clumsily our stupid lives, Suffering too little or too long, Too careful even in our selfish loves: The decorative manias we obey Die in grimaces round us every day, Yet through their tohu-bohu comes a voice Which utters an absurd command - Rejoice.

Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.

I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return.

No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.