The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim.

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.

If you will tell me why the fen appears impassable, I then will tell you why I think that I can cross it if I try.

The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them.

Writing is an undertaking for the modest.

There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war.

Egotism is usually subversive of sagacity.