The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in comprehending Western subjects.

The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can.

But what is after all the happiness of mere power? There is a greater happiness possible than to be lord of heaven and earth; that is the happiness of being truly loved.

The more you wish to be, the wiser you are; while the wish to have is apt to be foolish in proportion to its largeness.

Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change.

Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible that they began to discover how beautiful it was.

A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable.