We are shaping the world faster than we can change ourselves, and we are applying to the present the habits of the past.

The Russians will try all the rooms in a house, enter those that are not locked, and when they come to one that cannot be broken into, they will withdraw and invite you to dine genially that same evening.

Which brings me to my conclusion upon Free Will and Predestination, namely - let the reader mark it - that they are identical.

No sky is heavy if the heart be light

Who is not liberal when young, does not have a heart. Who is not conservative when old, does not have a brain.

'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

One may imagine that a man who blew the trumpet for his living would be glad to play the violin for his amusement.