In spite of Death, the mark and seal of the parental control, Man is yet free, during his brief years, to examine, to criticise, to know, and in imagination to create. To him alone, in the world with which he is acquainted, this freedom belongs; and in this lies his superiority to the resistless forces that control his outward life.

For a good notation has a subtlety and suggestiveness which at times make it seem almost like a live teacher.

Right conduct can never, except by some rare accident, be promoted by ignorance or hindered by knowledge.

Ignore fact and reason, live entirely in the world of your own fantastic and myth-producing passions; do this whole-heartedly and with conviction, and you will become one of the prophets of your age.

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure is allowed to take whatever form it will is sure to be short.

The power of thought, the vast regions it can master.

Historically, it is quite doubtful whether Christ ever existed at all, and if He did we do not know anything about Him.