"A man must be prepared not only to be a martyr, but to be a fool. It is absurd to say that a man is ready to toil and die for his convictions if he is not even ready to wear a wreathe around his head for them."
"Free verse is like free love; it is a contradiction in terms."
"A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."
"Science must not impose any philosophy, any more than the telephone must tell us what to say."
"We fear men so much, because we fear God so little. One fear cures another. When man's terror scares you, turn your thoughts to the wrath of God."
"Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid."