Clergymen who publish pious frauds in the interest of the church are the orthodox liars of God.

No voice; but oh - the silence sank Like music on my heart.

As I live and am a man, this is an unexaggerated tale - my dreams become the substances of my life.

Imagination that compares and contrasts with what is around as well as what is better and worse is the living power and prime agent of all human perception judgement and emotional reaction.

I love being superior to myself better than [to] my equals.

I have found words [in the Bible] for my inmost thoughts, songs for my joy, utterances for my hidden griefs, and pleadings for my shame and my feebleness.

What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if,when you awoke,you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?