The words of genius have a wider meaning than the thought that prompted them.

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

I had some ambition. I meant everything to be different with me. I thought I had more strength and mastery. But the most terrible obstacles are such as nobody can see except oneself.

I easily sink into mere absorption of what other minds have done, and should like a whole life for that alone.

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.

The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance.

How will you find good? It is not a thing of choice; it is a river that flows from the foot of the Invisible Throne and flows by the path of obedience.