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

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.

Man will never be entirely willing to give up this world for the next nor the next world for this.

In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge; if he treats them well, and governs them for their good, they will multiply faster than their rulers, till they claim their independence.

For better or worse, man is the tool-using animal, and as such he has become the lord of creation. When he is lord also of himself, he will deserve his self-chosen title homo sapiens.

The vulgar mind always mistakes the exceptional for the important.

Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle.