He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realize

There are works which wait, and which one does not understand for a long time; the reason is that they bring answers to questions which have not yet been raised; for the question often arrives a terribly long time after the answer.

The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others.

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.

There was purification in punishment. Not 'Forgive us our sins,' but 'Smite us for our iniquities' should be the prayer of a man to a most just God.

Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.

The supreme object of life is to live. Few people live. It is true life only to realize one's own perfection, to make one's every dream a reality.