The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very difficult to interpret (understand). Great passions are for the great of souls. Great events can only be seen by people who are on a level with them. We think we can have our visions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing visions have to be paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine.

To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still.

Science can never grapple with the irrational. That is why it has no future before it, in this world.

The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value.

America is one long expectoration.

They've promised that dreams can come true - but forgot to mention that nightmares are dreams, too.

Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy.