Man lives by habits indeed, but what he lives for is thrill and excitements. ... From time immemorial war has been ... the supremely thrilling excitement.

It is your friends who make your world.

Most men's friendships are too inarticulate.

The baby, assailed by eyes, ears, nose, skin, and entrails at once, feels it all as one great blooming, buzzing confusion.

Touch is the alpha and omega of affection.

We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling of the meaning of it all.

There are two lives, the natural and the spiritual, and we must lose the one before we can participate in the other.