The only books that influence us are those for which we are ready, and which have gone a little farther down our particular path than we have yet got ourselves."

"Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as possible."

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.

"Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true satisfaction is to come through, and see those whom one lives come through."