Whoever has freed himself from envy and bitterness may begin to try to see things as they are.

We are more disturbed by a calamity which threatens us than by one which has befallen us.

Our prejudices are like physical infirmities — we cannot do what they prevent us from doing.

If all were gentle and contented as sheep, all would be as feeble and helpless.

The doubt of an earnest, thoughtful, patient and laborious mind is worthy of respect. In such doubt may be found indeed more faith than in half the creeds.

As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.

What we love to do we find time to do.