
The Superstition of Divorce (1920)
or try (and fail) to remember the name of some professor mentioned in some newspaper; and the keen rationalism of the modern mind will accept every word you say.
The Superstition of Divorce (1920)
The Superstition of Divorce (1920)
“Re-examine all you have been told. Dismiss what insults your soul.”
'Well, I do believe some things, of course,' conceded Father Brown; 'and therefore, of course, I don't believe other things.' .
The Dagger with Wings (1926)
Diary (10 November 1724).
The Dagger with Wings (1926)
“You know what the Buddhists say?
Don't cling to things, because everything is impermanent.”
Variant: Don't cling to things because everything is impermanent.
Source: Tuesdays with Morrie
Social Aims
Sometimes condensed to "What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say."
1870s, Society and Solitude (1870), Books, Letters and Social Aims http://www.rwe.org/comm/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=5&id=74&Itemid=149 (1876)