Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else.

Price is a crazy and incalculable thing, while Value is an intrinsic and indestructible thing.

I agree with the realistic Irishman who said he preferred to prophesy after the event.

The rolling stone rolls echoing from rock to rock; but the rolling stone is dead. The moss is silent because the moss is alive.

When men choose not to believe in God, they do not thereafter believe in nothing, they then become capable of believing in anything.

It seems to me,' said the other, 'That you are simply seeking a pretext to insult the Marquis.' By George!' said Syme facing round and looking at him, 'What a clever chap you are!

One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time.