Religion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul - politics does the same thing for the body.

The most effective teacher will always be biased, for the chief force in teaching is confidence and enthusiasm.

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius.

A perfect God is the creation of a conceited man

When a woman gets the idea of justice, there's no teaching her any sense.

A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

Politics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.

Of all things I find most unbearable is the injustice of one generation to another.

All art is bad, but modern art is the worst.

To forgive is wisdom, to forget is genius. And easier. Because it's true. It's a new world every heart beat.

Love doesn't grow on trees like apples in Eden - it's something you have to make. And you must use your imagination too.

Desire to dwell in clean environment.

Find the willpower to begin work.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.— Walter Benjamin, "Unpacking My Library

Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.

Advertising is 'an evil service'.

The ultimate truth is penultimately a falsehood.

My faith is the only thing that never fails me.

She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way and another.

Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp Abode his destin'd Hour and went his way.

When we started publishing, you had to be better than good. You had to be excellent. But as long as people are reading, I don't care what they're reading.