As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left us in a bad time.

There is no satisfactory explanation of style, no infallible guide to good writing, no assurance that a person who thinks clearly will be able to write clearly, no key that unlocks the door, no inflexible rules by which the young writer may steer his course. He will often find himself steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion.

Before the seed there comes the thought of bloom.

I am always humbled by the infite ingenuity of the Lord, who can make a red barn cast a blue shadow.

A good many of the special words of business seem designed more to express the user's dreams than to express a precise meaning.

A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer... He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.

Half a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvements, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process.