Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.

Sometimes we receive the power to say yes to life. Then peace enters us and makes us whole.

We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?

There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul.

The field cannot be seen from within the field.

Wherever we go, whatever we do, self is the sole subject we study and learn.