Don't be blinded by the theorists and a lying press.

A man's hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.

Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something. Don't use such an expression as 'dim land of peace.' It dulls the image. It mixes an abstraction with the concrete. It comes from the writer's not realizing that the natural object is always the adequate symbol. Go in fear of abstraction.

where the dead walked and the living were made of cardboard.

Technique is the test of sincerity.

The natural object is always the adequate symbol.

What thou lovest well remains.