The only true gifts are a portion of yourself.

The Transcendentalist adopts the whole connection of spiritual doctrine. He believes in miracle, in the perpetual openness of thehuman mind to new influx of light and power; he believes in inspiration, and in ecstacy.

The South-wind brings Life, sunshine and desire, And on every mount and meadow Breathes aromatic fire; But over the dead he has no power, The lost, the lost, he cannot restore; And, looking over the hills, I mourn The darling who shall not return.

For every seeing soul, there are two absorbing facts - I, and the abyss.

All nobility in its beginnings was somebody's natural superiority.

War disorganizes, but it is to reorganize.

Cunning is strength withheld.