How happy the lot of the mathematician. He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or rival can ever win a reputation he does not deserve.

Without communication with the dead, a fully human life is not possible.

When one looks into the window of a store which sells devotional art objects, one can't help wishing the iconoclasts had won.

There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade's End is one of them.

Lovers have lived so long with giants and elves, they won't believe again in their own size.

The slogan of Hell: Eat or be eaten. The slogan of Heaven: Eat and be eaten.

Without Art, we should have no notion of the sacred; without Science, we should always worship false gods.