It is in this unearthly first hour of spring twilight that earth's almost agonized livingness is most felt. This hour is so dreadful to some people that they hurry indoors and turn on the lights.

very young people are true but not resounding instruments.

Someone soon to start on a journey is always a little holy.

Meetings that do not come off keep a character of their own. They stay as they were projected.

The best that an individual can do is to concentrate on what he or she can do, in the course of a burning effort to do it better.

Habit is not mere subjugation, it is a tender tie; when one remembers habit it seems to have been happiness.

There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.