For, to conceited men, all other men are admirers.

That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.

The one thing that matters is the effort. It continues, whereas the end to be attained is but an illusion of the climber, as he fares on and on from crest to crest; and once the goal is reached it has no meaning.

C'est véritablement utile puisque c'est joli. It is truly useful since it is beautiful.

The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.

We are prudent people. We are afraid to let go of our petty reality in order to grasp at a great shadow.