A child motivated by competitive ideals will grow into a man without conscience, shame, or true dignity.
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.
I say, I believe, that one must love with all of one's being.
The publication of a book only brings very paltry results to its author.
... love is too delicate a flower to rise again when one has trampled it under foot.
Art speaks only to the mind, whereas nature speaks to all the faculties.