Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural.

Mediocrity is always in a rush; but whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing with consideration. For genius is nothing more nor less than doing well what anyone can do badly.

Old age is the verdict of life.

Dreams are large possessions ... they are an expansion of life, an enlightenment, and a discipline. I thank God for my dream life; my daily life would be far poorer, if it wanted the second sight of dreams.

when we leave society and come into the presence of Nature, we become children again; and the fictions of thought and action assumed among men drop off like a garment.

The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.

The first step is what I like to be sure of ... to the second step it often binds you.