Dream no small dreams for they have no power to move the hearts of men.

Everyone holds his fortune in his own hands, like a sculptor the raw material he will fashion into a figure. But it's the same with that type of artistic activity as with all others: We are merely born with the capability to do it. The Skill to mold the material into what we want must be learned and attentively cultivated.

Some books seem to have been written, not to teach us anything, but to let us know that the author has known something.

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.

There is but one poetry,--true poetry.

Superstition is the poesy of practical life; hence, a poet is none the worse for being superstitious.

A leaf that is destined to grow large is full of grooves and wrinkles at the start. Now if one has no patience and wants it smooth offhand like a willow leaf, there is trouble ahead.