"Black Lamb and Grey Falcon" Quotes

All the great movements of history have been movements of the people.

The main difference between men and the animals is the difference in their powers of contemplation.

There is so little to remember of anyone - an anecdote, a conversation at the table. But every memory is turned over and over again, every word, however chance, written in the heart in the hope that memory will fulfill itself, and become flesh, and that the wanderers will find a way home, and the perished, whose lack we always feel, will step through the door finally and stroke our hair with dreaming, habitual fondness, not having meant to keep us waiting long.

There is always a piece of unfinished work left. I am haunted by the idea of a god who missed His chance.

The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind.

There is nothing quite so gentle, deep, and irrational as our running, unspoken love for each other.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

It is sometimes very hard to tell the difference between history and the smell of skunk.

There is a queer feeling in a room where you have just seen some people die, a kind of expectant quiet which sets the skin tingling.

It’s hard to imagine we have anything in common with someone who lived centuries ago.