The possessor of a sound heart puts to test his power by entering into big adventures.
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so.
Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.
The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not yet penetrated the public conscience. The clerical profession has been lamentably remiss in preaching this obvious duty.
Experience is a good teacher, but her fees are very high.
Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.
Civilization is being poisoned by its own waste products.
With apologies to all my past boyfriends, I never loved a man the way I loved my old apartment.
The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion.
For women, marriages foreclosed often resulted in an accumulation of booty; for men, these failed projects of implausible optimism were more likely to manifest themselves in material lack. It was hard to resist the metaphorical impression that women got to keep the past itself, whereas men were simply robbed of it.
Conformity is an imitation of grace.