Let us replace sentimentalism by realism and dare to uncover those simple and terrible laws which, be they seen or unseen, pervade and govern.

Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives.

There is a persuasion in the soul of man that he is here for cause, that he was put down in this place by the Creator to do the work for which he inspires him, that thus he is an overmatch for all antagonists that could combine against him.

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.

We seek our friend not sacredly, but with an adulterate passion which would appropriate him to ourselves.

But to most of us society shows not its face and eye, but its side and back. To stand in true relations with men in a false age isworth a fit of insanity, is it not?

The land is the appointed remedy for whatever is false and fantastic in our culture...food for our mind, as well as our body.