There is an energy which springs from sickness and debility: it has a more powerful effect than the real, but, sadly, expires in an even greater infirmity.

There is but one temple in the world, and that is the body of man. Nothing is holier than this high form. Bending before men is a reverence done to this revelation in the flesh. We touch heaven when we lay our hand on a human body.

Character is perfectly educated will.

It is certain my belief gains quite infinitely the very moment I can convince another mind thereof

Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.

The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self.

We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.