We must be our own before we can be another's.

He only is a well-made man who has a good determination. And the end of culture is not to destroy this, God forbid! but to train away all impediment and mixture and leave nothing but pure power.

Great country, diminutive minds. America is formless, has no terrible and no beautiful condensation.

Silence is a solvent that destroys personality, and gives us leave to be great and universal.

From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.

The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships.

I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all.