There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book, and a tired man who wants a book to read.
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero, but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
Christianity got over the difficulty of combining furious opposites, by keeping them both, and keeping them both furious.
There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism -- self-denial.
The fundamental things in a man are not the things he explains, but rather the things he forgets to explain.
The primary paradox is that man is superior to all the things around him and yet is at their mercy.
When a man really tells the truth, the first truth he tells is that he himself is a liar.
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
To hurry through one’s leisure is the most unbusiness-like of actions.
When we call a man "manly" or a woman "womanly" we touch the deepest philosophy.
Man is more himself, more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing and grief superficial.
Art is the signature of man.
Faith means believing the incredible, or it is no virtue at all...
The duty of the artist lies in keeping alive a sense of wonder in the world.
We’re all really dependent in nearly everything, and we all make a fuss about being independent in something.
Wherever men are still theological there is still some chance of their being logical.
Humor is meant, in a literal sense, to make the game of man; that is, to dethrone him from his official dignity and hunt him like the game.
Pride is the downward drag of all things into an easy solemnity.
Moderation is not a compromise; moderation is a passion; the passion of great judges.
The greatest of poems is an inventory....
