Men yearn for poetry though they may not confess it; they desire that joy shall be graceful and sorrow august and infinity have a form.

Growing old is an emotion which comes over us at almost any age; I had it myself between the ages of 25 and 30.

Intuition attracts those who wish to be spiritual without any bother, because it promises a heaven where the intuitions of others can be ignored.

One's favorite book is as elusive as one's favorite pudding.

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.

At times our need for a sympathetic gesture is so great that we care not what exactly it signifies or how much we may have to pay for it afterwards.

Our life on earth is, and ought to be, material and carnal. But we have not yet learned to manage our materialism and carnality properly; they are still entangled with the desire for ownership.