he who should inspire and lead his race must be defended from travelling with the souls of other men, from living, breathing, reading, and writing in the daily, time-worn yoke of their opinions.

We live in a system of approximations. Every end is prospective of some other end, which is also temporary; a round and final success nowhere. We are encamped in nature, not domesticated.

Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is what it will do with you? You will come here and get books that will open your eyes, and your ears, and your curiosity, and turn you inside out or outside in.

It the proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way.

The powers of the Soul are commensurate with its needs.

I have heard that whoever loves is in no condition old.

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.