There was a time when Patience ceased to be a virtue. It was long ago.

We have built into the constitution of the human race the habit and desire of taking, as divorced from its natural precursor and concomitant of making.

It will be a great thing for the human soul when it finally stops worshipping backwards.

There was a time when Patience ceased to be a virtue. It was long ago.

We all need one another; much and often. Just as every human creature needs a place to be alone in, a sacred, private "home" of his own, so all human creatures need a place to be together in, from the two who can show each other their souls uninterruptedly, to the largest throng that can throb and stir in unison.

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.

(I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind