Love is the measure of life; only so far as we love do we really live.

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea; I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, For lo! my own shall come to me.

The deeper our insight into the methods of nature . . . the more incredible the popular Christianity seems to us.

Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.

The gift of perfume to a flower is a special grace like genius or like beauty, and never becomes common or cheap.

The place to observe nature is where you are.