It is only when the maker of things is a maker of things by vocation, and not merely holding down a job, that the price of things is approximate to their real value. . . .

All that is best for us comes of itself into our hands-but if we strive to overtake it, it perpetually eludes us.

Industry without art is brutality.

The vocation, whether it be that of the farmer or the architect, is a function; the exercise of this function as regards the man himself is the most indispensable means of spiritual development, and as regards his relation to society the measure of his worth.

Myth embodies the nearest approach to absolute truth that can be stated in words.

No creature can attain a higher grade of nature without ceasing to exist.

It is only when the maker of things is a maker of things by vocation, and not merely holding down a job, that the price of things is approximate to their real value. . . .