Education, properly understood, is that which teaches discernment.
Great dejection often follows great enthusiasm.
The city does not take away, neither does the country give, solitude; solitude is within us.
What is experience? A poor little hut constructed from the ruins of the palace of gold and marble called our illusions.
Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired.
The habit of prayer communicates a penetrating sweetness to the glance, the voice, the smile, the tears,--to all one says, or does, or writes.