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

“Man, life was complicated. But the truth was simple. He was her home. He was where she belonged.”

“Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man.”

“Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.”

“He wanted to talk to them, if he could, to discover whether they had truths about life which he had never heard before. Here is what he hoped new truths might do for him: enable him to laugh at his troubles, to go on living, and to keep out of the North Wing of the Midland County General Hospital, which was for lunatics.”

“Man must learn to know the universe precisely as it is, or he cannot successfully find his place in it. A man should therefore use his reasoning faculty in all matters involving truth, and especially as concerning his religion. He must learn to distinguish between truth and error.”