With Wordsworth, Indeed, The Light Of Revelation

The Last Spectacle Of Which Christian Men Are Likely To Grow Tired Is A Harbour. Centuries Hence There May Be Jumping-off Places For The Stars, And Our Children's Children's And So Forth Children May Regard A Ship As A Creeping Thing Scarcely More Adventurous Than A Worm. Meanwhile, Every Harbour Gives Us A Sense Of Being In Touch, If Not With The Ends Of The Universe, With The Ends Of The Earth.

We Forget That Socrates Was Famed For Wisdom Not Because He Was Omniscient But Because He Realized At The Age Of Seventy That He Still Knew Nothing.

Most Human Beings Are Quite Likable If You Don't See Too Much Of Them.

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.

Chekhov Will Seek Out The Key Situation In The Life Of A Cabman Or A Charwoman, And Make Them Glow For A Brief Moment In The Tender Light Of His Sympathy.