My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.

But it struck him that people are not really dead until they are felt to be dead. As long as there is some misunderstanding about them, they possess a sort of immortality.

The work of art assumes the existence of the perfect spectator, and is indifferent to the fact that no such person exists.

Lord I disbelieve - help thou my unbelief.

Take an old man's word; there's nothing worse than a muddle in all the world. It is easy to face Death and Fate, and the things that sound so dreadful. It is on my muddles that I look back with horror - on the things that I might have avoided. We can help one another but little. I used to think I could teach young people the whole of life, but I know better now, and all my teaching of George has come down to this: beware of muddle.

I have always found writing pleasant and don't understand what people mean by 'throes of creation.'

America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.