Sympathy is the first condition of criticism; reason and justice presuppose, at their origin, emotion.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.

Life is but a daily oscillation between revolt and submission.

Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and while the soul of Mozart seems to dwell on the ethereal peaks of Olympus, that of Beethoven climbs shuddering the storm-beaten sides of a Sinai. Blessed be they both! Each represents a moment of the ideal life, each does us good. Our love is due to both.

We are always making God our accomplice so that we may legalize our own inequities.