 Once I planned to write a book of poems entirely about the things in my pocket. But I found it would be too long; and the age of the great epics is past. Topics: Books |
| There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read. Topics: Books, Reading |
| A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation. Topics: Business |
| Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. Topics: Character |
| Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. Topics: Character, Men |
| Large organization is loose organization. Nay, it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization. Topics: Character |
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| One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star. Topics: Character |
| Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades. Topics: Charity |
| Children are innocent and love justice, while most adults are wicked and prefer mercy. Topics: Children, Justice |
| Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young. Topics: Children, Youth |
| The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untried." Topics: Christianity |
| There are those who hate Christianity and call their hatred an all-embracing love for all religions. Topics: Christianity, Religion, Hatred |
