The only kind of reform usually possible is reform from within; a more intimate study and more intelligent use of the traditional forms.

Love is a brilliant illustration of a principle everywhere discoverable: namely, that human reason lives by turning the friction of material forces into the light of ideal goods.

The mass of mankind is divided into two classes, the Sancho Panza's who have a sense for reality, but no ideals, and the Don Quixote's with a sense for ideals, but mad.

Tomes of aesthetic criticism hang on a few moments of real delight and intuition.

The Soul is the voice of the body's interests.

Spirituality lies in regarding existence merely as a vehicle for contemplation, and contemplation merely a vehicle for joy.

Nature in denying us perennial youth has at least invited us to become unselfish and noble.