I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant.

The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.

Let us advance on Chaos and the Dark

The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones; they are what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.

In the death of my son, now more than two years ago, I seem to have lost a beautiful estate,--no more. I cannot get it nearer to me.

If you are wise, you will dread a prosperity which only loads you with more.

Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago, but it is put to better use.