There is romance in coffee. It comes from the ends of the earth, and goes to the far corners of man's habitation.

Commercialism is the blemish on the fair face of American life. Fighting against the terrible conditions of the explorer and pioneer, our forefathers had little time to think of beauty. Hearts and heads became as hardened to the more gracious things of life as did their bodies against physical hardship. Little by little, as nature yielded before the dynamite of their wills, life began to express itself in the same hard terms, and the great commerce of a New World bent everything to its indomitable will.

For too many of us ease is far more soul-destroying than trouble.

One must eliminate the traditional and cling to the essential.

Success of life depends upon keeping one's mind open to opportunity and seizing it when it comes.

a few hours with Beethoven are more restful than sleep.

Imagination is a valuable asset in business and she has a sister, Understanding, who also serves. Together they make a splendid team and business problems dissolve and the impossible is accomplished by their ministrations.... Imagination concerning the world's wants and the individual's needs should be the Alpha and Omega of self-education.