 There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life. |
| You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. |
| The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice. |
| It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them. |
| When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity. |
| Anger and jealousy can no more bear to lose sight of their objects than love. Topics: Anger |
| Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. |
| But human experience is usually paradoxical, that means incongruous with the phrases of current talk or even current philosophy. |
| I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. |
| The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. |
| A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections. |
| Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries. |
| Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world. |
| There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. |
| The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance. |
| What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories. |
| What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. |
| When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion. |
| We must find our duties in what comes to us, not in what might have been. |
| He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. |
