A small artist is content with art; a great artist is content with nothing except everything.

The great saint may be said to mix all his thoughts with thanks. All goods look better when they look like gifts.

Every work of art has one indispensable mark ... the center of it is simple, however much the fulfillment may be complicated.

It [feminism] is mixed up with a muddled idea that women are free when they serve their employers but slaves when they help their husbands.

Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules; it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities.

Human anger is a higher thing than what is called divine discontent. For you must be angry with something; but you can be discontented with everything.

Gratitude, being nearly the greatest of human duties, is also nearly the most difficult.