When the healthy nature of man acts as a whole, when he feels himself to be in the world as in a great, beautiful, noble, and valued whole, when harmonious ease affords him a pure and free delight, then the universe, if it could experience itself, would exult, as having attained its goal, and admire the climax of its own becoming and essence.

He who can not learn to love must flatter.

There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.

Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art.

Seize this very minute. What you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Begin it and the work will be completed

Great possessions and great want of them are both strong temptations.

If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.