All good Literature rests primarily on insight.

The delusions of self-love cannot be prevented, but intellectual misconceptions as to the means of achieving success may be corrected.

Ideas are forces; our acceptance of one determines our reception of others.

Every one who has seriously investigated a novel question, who has really interrogated Nature with a view to a distinct answer, will bear me out in saying that it requires intense and sustained effort of imagination.

Vehemence without feeling is but rant.

Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men.

In Science the paramount appeal is to the Intellect-its purpose being instruction; in Art, the paramount appeal is to the Emotions-its purpose being pleasure.