I doubt if one ever accepts a belief until one urgently needs it.

Christopher, like many other writers, was shockingly ignorant of the objective world, except where it touched his own experience. When he had to hide his ignor…

As a homosexual, he [Christopher] had been wavering between embarrassment and defiance. He became embarrassed when he felt that he was making a selfish demand …

The Nazis hated culture itself, because it is essentially international and therefore subversive of nationalism. What they called Nazi culture was a local, per…

It isn't what people think that's important, but the reason they think what they think.

Nothing in life is more wonderful than faith-the one great moving force which we can neither weigh in the balance nor test in the crucible.

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him preoccupied with fresh plans to increase his comfort.