Patriotism varies, from a noble devotion to a moral lunacy |
Perhaps the most lasting pleasure in life is the pleasure of not going to church. |
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 church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted |
The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted |
The church is only a secular institution in which the half-educated speak to the half-converted. |
The enemies of Freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot |
The happiest people seem to be those who have no particular cause for being happy except that they are so. |
The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England |
The soul is dyed by the color of its leisure hours |
The wise man is he who knows the relative value of things. |
Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater. |
Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater. |
There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better." |
There is no law of progress. Our future is in our own hands, to make or to mar. It will be an uphill fight to the end, and would we have it otherwise? Let no one suppose that evolution will ever exempt us from struggles. 'You forget,' said the Devil, with a chuckle, 'that I have been evolving too. |