Miracles, in the sense of phenomena we cannot explain, surround us on every hand: life itself is the miracle of miracles.
Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
I hold every man a debtor to his profession.
Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.
Our faith comes in moments… yet there is a depth in those brief moments which constrains us to ascribe more reality to them than to all other experiences.
Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side.
Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled.
Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them.
The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
Is the acorn better than the oak which is its fullness and completion?
You must learn to drink the cup of life as it comes … without stirring it up from the bottom. That’s where the bitter dregs are!
A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
The stars are the apexes of what triangles!
Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the stern fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from.
Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.
There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.
When any real progress is made, we unlearn and learn anew what we thought we knew before.
If you have inner peace, nobody can force you to be a slave to the outer reality.
