Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.

It is not being out at heels that makes a man discontented, it is being out at heart. To be contented is to be good friends with yourself.

A 'fact' merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.

There is only one way in the world to be distinguished. Follow your instinct! Be yourself, and you'll be somebody. Be one more blind follower of the blind, and you will have the oblivion you desire.

The first need of being is endurance; to endure with gladness if we can, with fortitude in any event.

Lord of the far horizons, Give us the eyes to see Over the verge of the sundown The beauty that is to be.

The greatest joy in nature is the absence of man.