Other world? There is no other world; here or nowhere is the whole fact.

At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock at once at thy closet door and say,—'Come out unto us.' But keep thy state; come not into their confusion. The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act.

I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever only rejoices me, and the heart appoints

Honor and fortune exist for him who always recognizes the neighborhood of the great, always feels himself in the presence of high causes.

A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.