No doubt there are other important things in life besides conflict, but there are not many other things so inevitably interesting. The very saints interest us most when we think of them as enganged in a conflict with the Devil.

Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.

Almost any game with any ball is a good game.

There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else is an evil-doer

There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.