I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. . . . In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness.

The intellect of most men is barren. They neither fertilize or are fertilized. It is the marriage of the soul with nature that makes the intellect fruitful, that gives birth to imagination...without nature-awakened imagination most persons do not really live in the world, they merely pass through it as they live dull lives of quiet desperation.

In sane moments we regard only the facts, the case that is.

What sort of philosophers are we, who know absolutely nothing of the origin and destiny of cats?

There should always be some flowering and maturing of the fruits of nature in the cooking process.

This is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore.

A man may esteem himself happy when that which is his food is also his medicine.