Half our standards come from our first masters, and the other half from our first loves.

... so in love the heart surrenders itself entirely to the one being that has known how to touch it. That being is not selected; it is recognised and obeyed.

There is no greater stupidity or meanness than to take uniformity for an ideal.

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

Prayer is not a substitute for work; it is an effort to work further and be efficient beyond the range of one's powers.

The muffled syllables that Nature speaks Fill us with deeper longing for her word; She hides a meaning that the spirit seeks, She makes a sweeter music than is heard.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination.