But most of us are apt to settle within ourselves that the man who blocks our way is odious, and not to mind causing him a little of the disgust which his personality excites in ourselves.

Is it not rather what we expect in men, that they should have numerous strands of experience lying side by side and never compare them with each other?

After all, the true seeing is within.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

Say "I love you" to those you love. The eternal silence is long enough to be silent in, and that awaits us all.

I like breakfast-time better than any other moment in the day. No dust has settled on one's mind then, and it presents a clear mirror to the rays of things.

What should I do—how should I act now, this very day . . . What she would resolve to do that day did not yet seem quite clear, but something that she could achieve stirred her as with an approaching murmur which would soon gather distinctness.