The Cardinal ... It was as if a pulsing heart of flame passed by when he came winging through the orchard.

I do not know why it is the fate of the world always to want something different from what life gives them.

The world is full of happy people but no one ever hears of them. You have to fight and make a scandal to get in the papers. No one knows about all the happy people.

Tears were a blessing; they were a relief; they did wash the ache from the heart, ease brain strain, and encourage the soul.

Be sure that you are right; and then go ahead.

I do not believe there is any one study that can be taken up that will broaden the imagination, that will be the source from which will spring more deep thinking and sincere research than the study of astronomy.

You cannot write on the heart of another what you do not feel yourself.