It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on…

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Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very;...

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say infinitely when you mean very;...

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.

You dont have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

You dont have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is...

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is...

What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it...

What you see and hear depends a great deal on where you are standing; it...

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by...

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you...

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather...

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot,...

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot,...

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Miracles do not, in fact, break the laws of nature.

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original:...

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original:...

We are what we believe we are.

We are what we believe we are.

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of...

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of...

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the...

Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the...

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles...

There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles...

It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

It's so much easier to pray for a bore than to go and see one.

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All...

Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All...

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our...

Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our...

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up...

I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up...

And so today, my world it smiles, Your hand in mine, we walk the miles,...

And so today, my world it smiles, Your hand in mine, we walk the miles,...