We should think of the church as an orchestra in which the different churches play on different instruments while a Divine Conductor calls the tune.

There is no limit to the noble aspirations which the words "my country" may evoke.

Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love.

Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.

Nature takes away any faculty that is not used.